Malignant transformation of uterine leiomyoma

A rare case of malignant transformation of uterine leiomyoma is reported. A 54 year old lady, nulliparous and 2 years postmenopausal presented to gynecology clinic with a pelvi – abdominal mass and ultrasound scan suggestive of multiple uterine fibroid. Total abdominal hysterectomy performed. Histop...

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Autores principales: Al Ansari, Afaf A., Al Hail, Fatima A., Abboud, Emad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3991043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25003044
http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2012.2.16
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description A rare case of malignant transformation of uterine leiomyoma is reported. A 54 year old lady, nulliparous and 2 years postmenopausal presented to gynecology clinic with a pelvi – abdominal mass and ultrasound scan suggestive of multiple uterine fibroid. Total abdominal hysterectomy performed. Histopathology report showed leiomyosarcomative changes from benign leiomyoma within the huge mass.
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spelling pubmed-39910432014-07-07 Malignant transformation of uterine leiomyoma Al Ansari, Afaf A. Al Hail, Fatima A. Abboud, Emad Qatar Med J Case Report A rare case of malignant transformation of uterine leiomyoma is reported. A 54 year old lady, nulliparous and 2 years postmenopausal presented to gynecology clinic with a pelvi – abdominal mass and ultrasound scan suggestive of multiple uterine fibroid. Total abdominal hysterectomy performed. Histopathology report showed leiomyosarcomative changes from benign leiomyoma within the huge mass. Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2013-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3991043/ /pubmed/25003044 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2012.2.16 Text en © 2012 Al Ansari, Al Hail, Abboud, licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 3.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3991043/
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