Heterotopic striated muscle in the myometrium in a patient with myoma uteri.
Heterotopic striated muscle tissue was found in the myometrium of a 50-year-old Japanese woman with myoma uteri. It is suggested that the tissue originated in a differentiation of stromal cells in the myometrium.
Terada
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanazawa University, School of Medicine, Japan.
Tomita
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Y
Nakagawa
T
T
Akasofu
K
K
Mizukami
Y
Y
D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles; D009215:Myometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*