Spontaneously Occurring Leiomyosarcomas of the Mouse Urinary Bladder

Spontaneous leiomyosarcomas of the mouse urinary bladder have not been reported. Data from 8 chronic toxicity/oncogenicity studies that included 400 male and 400 female mice were reviewed and evaluated to gather information on spontaneously occurring urinary bladder leiomyosarcomas. Three control mice from 3 different studies had leiomyosarcomas in the submucosa of the trigone area of the urinary bladder. These tumors were not connected to the surface epithelium; however, they were connected to and destroyed the smooth muscle layer of the urinary bladder. This communication describes the incidence and histopatho-logical features of these neoplasms.