title: Heterotopic striated muscle in the myometrium in a patient with myoma uteri.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanazawa University, School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akasofu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizukami
mesh_terms: 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*