Volume 7 Issue 1 (January - February), 2021

Original Articles

Clinical and Histopathological behavior of Cervix and Cutaneous Extrauterine Leiomyoma; Report of two rare cases with Review Literature
Nilam Bhasker

Literature has well evidenced that leiomyomas are most often benign smooth muscle tumours of the female genital tract. Clinically, leiomyomas can be commonly intrauterine or rarely extrauterine. Because of its rarity, it frequently leads to mistaken diagnosis and management. Extrauterine leiomyomas can apply pressure on urethra, bladder neck or ureter due to extrauterine location and manifest clinically as urinary flow obstruction of different patterns. Abnormal growth pattern and varying locations frequently make recognition of leiomyomas challenging, both clinically and histopathologically. In our case, two patient presented with abdominal mass which was further diagnosed as extrauterine leiomyoma. Author has also confirmed clinical and histopathological behavior of extrauterine leiomyoma in two cases including cervix leiomyoma and cutaneous leiomyoma.

 
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