Intravenous leiomyomatosis with uterine leiomyoma and adenomyosis: a case presentation and brief comment on the histogenesis

Kurume Med J. 2003;50(3-4):173-5. doi: 10.2739/kurumemedj.50.173.

Abstract

Uterine intravenous leiomyomatosis a rather rare pathologic condition, and a total of 139 cases have appeared in the English literature. Although two proposals for the histologic origin, uterine lyomyoma itself and/or vascular smooth muscle, have been widely accepted, the precise histogenesis still remains unclear. The additional 140th case of intravenous leiomyomatosis is described, and a third postulation for the histogenesis is proposed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Endometriosis / etiology
  • Endometriosis / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leiomyoma / etiology
  • Leiomyoma / pathology
  • Leiomyomatosis / blood supply
  • Leiomyomatosis / etiology
  • Leiomyomatosis / pathology*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Uterine Neoplasms / etiology
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterus / blood supply