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leiomyomas

Localization

- visceral leiomyomas

  • uterine leiomyoma
  • digestive leiomyoma
    • esophageal leiomyoma
    • gastric leiomyoma
    • colorectal leiomyoma of muscularis mucosae

- leiomyoma of the external genitalia
- deep soft tissue leiomyoma

  • intra-abdominal deep soft tissue leiomyoma (retroperitoneal-abdominal leiomyoma, retroperitoneal leiomyoma)
  • extra-abdominal deep soft tissue leiomyoma

Videos

- Endoscopy of a gastric leiomyoma

References

- Sandberg AA. Updates on the cytogenetics and molecular genetics of bone and soft tissue tumors: leiomyoma. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2005 Apr 1;158(1):1-26. PMID: #15771900#

- Billings SD, Folpe AL, Weiss SW. Do leiomyomas of deep soft tissue exist? An analysis of highly differentiated smooth muscle tumors of deep soft tissue supporting two distinct subtypes. Am J Surg Pathol. 2001 Sep;25(9):1134-42. PMID: #11688572#