Intravenous leiomyomatosis with uterine leiomyoma and adenomyosis: a case presentation and brief comment on the histogenesis.
Uterine intravenous leiomyomatosis a rather rare pathologic condition, and a total of 139 cases have appeared in the English literature. Although two proposals for the histologic origin, uterine lyomyoma itself and/or vascular smooth muscle, have been widely accepted, the precise histogenesis still remains unclear. The additional 140th case of intravenous leiomyomatosis is described, and a third postulation for the histogenesis is proposed.
Nishida
Naoyo
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Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
Nonoshita
Akiko
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Kojiro
Sakiko
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Takemoto
Yumi
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Kojiro
Masamichi
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D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000098:blood supply / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply