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Recurrent intracardiac leiomyomatosis [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2007 An intravenous leiomyoma, a histologically benign smooth muscle tumour, arises from either a uterine myoma or the walls of a uterine vessel, with extension into veins. The present report describes echocardiographic features of an intravenous leiomyoma that spread into the right-sided cardiac chambers in a middle-aged woman who had undergone a ...
Maryam, Esmaeilzadeh +2 more
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EJVES Short Reports, 2015 : Background: Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a benign and rare smooth muscle cell tumor. Extension to the right heart is exceptional. Among the reported cases, the tumor is usually known to enter through the lumen of the iliac vein and grows into the ...
X. Gui, G. Ma, F. Li, L. Wu, Y. Zheng
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Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) is an inherited cancer predisposition syndrome caused by autosomal dominant heterozygous pathogenic variants in the fumarate hydratase (FH) gene.
Keith Franke +4 more
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Diffuse leiomyomatosis: A rare cause of a diffusely enlarged uterus
Radiology Case Reports, 2022 Diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis is a rare and benign condition which involves the development of innumerable poorly defined, confluent smooth muscle nodules that replace most of the uterine parenchyma. It results in a symmetrically enlarged uterus.
Catarina Abreu Silva, MSc +3 more
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Aberrant uterine leiomyomas with extrauterine manifestation: intravenous leiomyomatosis and benign metastasizing leiomyomas [PDF]
Obstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2018 ObjectiveIntravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) and benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) are uncommon variants of benign uterine leiomyomas with extrauterine manifestations.
Yoo-Na Kim +6 more
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Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2020 Background Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome (HLRCC), caused by heterozygous germline pathogenic variants in the FH, confers an increased risk for cutaneous and uterine leiomyomas and renal cancer.
Kelsey E. Breen +7 more
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Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2003 Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is rare and it is characterized by intravascular nodular masses of histologically benign smooth muscle that may extend variable distances. Although histologically benign, IVL might be malignant in its mode of behavior.A case of IVL is reported with emphasis on immunohistochemical analysis and recent literature.
Diakomanolis, E. +6 more
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Successful one-stage resection of intracardiac intravenous leiomyomatosis: A case report
Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 2023 This case report is about a 47-year-old patient, who was diagnosed with intracardiac intravenous leiomyomatosis and received treatment at our institution.
Postl Magdalena +8 more
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“Evolution” of intravascular leiomyomatosis
BMC Women's Health, 2023 Abstract Background Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is a rare and specific type of smooth muscle tumor that is histologically benign but has a malignant biological behavior. It is commonly associated with a history of uterine leiomyomas.
Li Chen, Yunping Yang, Chengzhi Zhao
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Parasitic leiomyoma as a rare cause of small intestinal venous bleeding: A case report
International Journal of Gastrointestinal InterventionA 49-year-old female patient with a history of laparoscopic myomectomy five years prior presented with hematochezia that had begun two days earlier. Computed tomography (CT) revealed multiple enhancing masses in the abdomen, pelvis, and uterus, suspected
Sang Woo Cho +4 more
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