A Case of Intravenous Leiomyomatosis. |
Seung Woo Lee, Hyun Sook Pack, Sung Joo Kim, Young Han Park, Jeong Bae Kang, Pong Rheem Jang, Sun Young Jun, Soo Kee Min |
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea. drlsw70@empal.com 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea. |
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Abstract |
Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is rare and it is characterized by intravascular nodular masses of histologically benign smooth muscle that may extend along the inferior vena cava or reaching the right-sided cardiac chamber, and eventually the lung. Although histologically benign, IVL might be malignant in its mode of behavior. We report a case of IVL that grew in a vessel of myometrium of uteri. |
Key Words:
Intravenous leiomyomatosis |
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