Primary ovarian leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman: A case report

Leiomyomas are benign neoplasms that can develop wherever smooth muscle is present. Primary leiomyomas of the ovary originate from smooth muscle cells of ovarian tissue and are rare, solitary tumors. Approximately 70 cases have been reported. They usually present in premenopausal women. The present...

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Autores principales: Sanverdi, Ilhan, Vural, Fisun, Temizkan, Osman, Temel, Orhan, Ayvaci, Habibe, Gunes, Pembegul
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Publicado: Kare Publishing 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28275755
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2015.07379
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author Sanverdi, Ilhan
Vural, Fisun
Temizkan, Osman
Temel, Orhan
Ayvaci, Habibe
Gunes, Pembegul
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Vural, Fisun
Temizkan, Osman
Temel, Orhan
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description Leiomyomas are benign neoplasms that can develop wherever smooth muscle is present. Primary leiomyomas of the ovary originate from smooth muscle cells of ovarian tissue and are rare, solitary tumors. Approximately 70 cases have been reported. They usually present in premenopausal women. The present case is a report of left ovarian leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman.
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spelling pubmed-53366282017-03-08 Primary ovarian leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman: A case report Sanverdi, Ilhan Vural, Fisun Temizkan, Osman Temel, Orhan Ayvaci, Habibe Gunes, Pembegul North Clin Istanb Case Report Leiomyomas are benign neoplasms that can develop wherever smooth muscle is present. Primary leiomyomas of the ovary originate from smooth muscle cells of ovarian tissue and are rare, solitary tumors. Approximately 70 cases have been reported. They usually present in premenopausal women. The present case is a report of left ovarian leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman. Kare Publishing 2016-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5336628/ /pubmed/28275755 http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2015.07379 Text en Copyright: © 2016 by Istanbul Northern Anatolian Association of Public Hospitals http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
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title Primary ovarian leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman: A case report
title_full Primary ovarian leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman: A case report
title_fullStr Primary ovarian leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman: A case report
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title_short Primary ovarian leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman: A case report
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28275755
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2015.07379
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