title: Intravenous leiomyomatosis with uterine leiomyoma and adenomyosis: a case presentation and brief comment on the histogenesis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoyo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nonoshita
authors.forename: Sakiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojiro
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takemoto
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kojiro
mesh_terms: 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