title: Osseous metaplasia in leiomyoma: A first in a uterine leiomyoma.
abstract: Being one of the commonest tumors of the female genital tract during the reproductive years, the leiomyoma uteri expectedly demonstrates a wide spectrum of histological variations. However, heterologous tissue differentiation is a rare finding and frank bone formation is even rarer. The factors that lead to heterologous tissue formation in a leiomyoma are subject to speculation. This is a rare case report and possibly the first, on the formation of pure mature bone in a uterine leiomyoma.
authors.forename: Bal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chander
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Shashank
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shekhar
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008679:Metaplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014599:Uterus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology