Leiomyomas in uterine remnants associated with vaginal agenesis

K Maeda; O Ishiko; K Honda; K Wakasa; N Kawamura; S Ogita

doi:10.1159/000010202

Leiomyomas in uterine remnants associated with vaginal agenesis

Gynecol Obstet Invest. 1999;48(4):288-90. doi: 10.1159/000010202.

Authors

K Maeda¹, O Ishiko, K Honda, K Wakasa, N Kawamura, S Ogita

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.

PMID: 10592436
DOI: 10.1159/000010202

Abstract

A premenopausal woman with vaginal agenesis underwent surgery for leiomyomas in rudimentary uterine horns. Immunohistochemical study of surgical specimens revealed that progesterone receptors are distributed in the nuclei of a majority of the leiomyoma cells and in the nuclei of a minority of the myometrial cells. Estrogen receptors are not detected in the surgical specimens.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cell Nucleus / chemistry
Female
Humans
Leiomyoma / complications*
Leiomyoma / surgery
Leiomyoma / ultrastructure
Middle Aged
Myometrium / ultrastructure
Receptors, Estrogen / analysis
Receptors, Progesterone / analysis
Uterine Neoplasms / complications*
Uterine Neoplasms / surgery
Uterine Neoplasms / ultrastructure
Vagina / abnormalities*

Substances

Receptors, Estrogen
Receptors, Progesterone