Lipoleiomyoma of uterus in a postmenopausal woman

Lipoleiomyomas are uncommon benign neoplasms of uterus and are considered to be a variant of uterine myomas. Their reported incidence varies from 0.03 to 0.2%. Lipoleiomyoma consists of variable proportion of mature lipocytes and smooth muscle cells. These tumors generally occur in asymptomatic obes...

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Autores principales: Manjunatha, Hanumanthappa Krishnappa, Ramaswamy, Anikode Subramanian, Kumar, Bylappa Sunil, Kumar, Sulkunte Palaksha Arun, Krishna, Lingegowda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3122497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21716761
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-7800.76219
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Sumario:Lipoleiomyomas are uncommon benign neoplasms of uterus and are considered to be a variant of uterine myomas. Their reported incidence varies from 0.03 to 0.2%. Lipoleiomyoma consists of variable proportion of mature lipocytes and smooth muscle cells. These tumors generally occur in asymptomatic obese perimenopausal or menopausal women. We report this case of uterine lipoleiomyoma because of its rarity.

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