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Exploring the link between VDR rs2228570 and uterine leiomyoma in Iranian women

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics, 2016
Evidences are growing toward an inhibitory role of vitamin D3 in uterine leiomyoma pathogenesis. Uterine leiomyoma commonly affects women of reproductive age and is referred to as one of the most common indications for hysterectomy, worldwide.
Shirin Shahbazi
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Scrotal leiomyoma

Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2015
Leiomyomas are benign tumors of smooth muscles. Leiomyoma of the scrotum, also known as genital leiomyoma, is a rare entity. Smooth muscle tumors arising in the scrotum are a specific and rare group of cutaneous tumors.
Gayatri Devi Parasa, Mark Ruth Prasanna, Satyaprakash Venkatachalam Turlapati   +2 more
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Large Myxoid Ovarian Leiomyoma: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports
Ovarian leiomyoma is a rare, benign spindle cell tumor with a favorable prognosis. Myxoid leiomyoma, a rare subtype of leiomyoma, exhibits significant myxoid changes. We present a case study of a rare ovarian myxoid leiomyoma in a young woman.
Zahra Aminparast, Amirmohammad Khodaei, Zeinab Shakibaee Fard   +2 more
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Clinico-radio-histopathological Correlation of Leiomyoma Variant, STUMP, and Sarcoma: A Retrospective Study

Oman Medical Journal
Objectives: We sought to compare the epidemiological and clinical features of variant leiomyoma, smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP), and sarcoma to classical leiomyoma and assess the radio-histological correlation.Methods: This
Jayasree Santhosh, Shima Al-Mughairfi, Huda Al-Ghaithi, Zainab Al-Hilal, Reem Hamood Al-Maqbali, Ahmed Al-Salmi, Jokha Al-Kalbani, Ruqaiya Al-Shamsi, Thuria Al-Rawahi   +8 more
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Cystic Clear Cell Epithelioid Leiomyoma: An Unusual Presentation [PDF]

Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2019
Epithelioid leiomyoma is a rare variant of leiomyoma. The tumour includes three distinct entities, leiomyoblastoma, clear cell leiomyoma and plexiform leiomyoma. It is histologically characterised by epithelioid cells, clear cells or plexiform pattern
Varun Kumar Singh, Tanvi Shetty, Brij Mohan Kumar Singh   +2 more
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Human prolyl hydroxylase expression in uterine leiomyoma during the menstrual cycle

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2012
Background To investigate the role of prolyl hydroxylase (PH), a key enzyme of collagen synthesis, in human uterine leiomyoma, PH expression was determined in the normal uterine myometrium and the leiomyoma tissues during the menstrual cycle. Methods The
Iwahashi Masaaki, Muragaki Yasuteru, Ino Kazuhiko   +2 more
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Review of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapy of vulvar leiomyoma, a rare gynecological tumor

Journal of International Medical Research, 2018
The objective of this article is to discuss the pathophysiology, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and therapy of vulvar leiomyoma. We performed a review of all English-language reports of vulvar leiomyoma published in PubMed from 1978 to 2015 using the
Chao Sun, Junkai Zou, Qing Wang, Qi Wang, Lu Han, Nasra Batchu, Qurat Ulain, Jiang Du, Shulan Lv, Qing Song, Qiling Li   +10 more
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Parasitic leiomyoma

Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy, 2020
Angel Hsin-Yu Pai, Chih- Feng Yen, Shu- Ling Lin   +2 more
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Association between Oesophageal Diverticula and Leiomyomas: A Report of Two Cases

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2016
We report two rare cases of female patients presenting with oesophageal leiomyoma associated with oesophageal diverticulum, both of whom were surgically managed.
Muhammad Chowdhry, Christina Spyratou, Bruno Lorenzi, Sritharan Kadirkamanathan, Alexandros Charalabopoulos   +4 more
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An Unheard Variant of Leiomyoma Cotyledonoid Dissecting Leiomyoma: Case Report

Journal of Mid-Life Health
Leiomyomas are benign smooth muscle tumor of the uterus with varied morphology that are well known to undergo secondary changes. A variety of other unusual patterns of uterine leiomyoma have been described, such as parasitic leiomyoma, cellular leiomyoma,
Alka Yadav, Sujata Raychauduri, Lakshinder Kaur, Ruchira Wadhwa, Minakshi Bhardwaj   +4 more
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