Bilateral primary ovarian leiomyoma in a young woman: case report and literature review

Primary ovarian leiomyoma is a very rare tumor and usually it is small, unilateral-, and concomitantly seen with uterine leiomyomata in middle-aged to postmenopausal women. We describe a case of huge, bilateral ovarian leiomyoma that was not associated with uterine tumor in a 17-year-old woman. The...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gynecologic oncology 2004-12, Vol.95 (3), p.733-735
Hauptverfasser: Lim, Sung-chul, Jeon, Ho-jong
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Primary ovarian leiomyoma is a very rare tumor and usually it is small, unilateral-, and concomitantly seen with uterine leiomyomata in middle-aged to postmenopausal women. We describe a case of huge, bilateral ovarian leiomyoma that was not associated with uterine tumor in a 17-year-old woman. The authors of this study documented the smooth muscle origin of the tumor with immunohistochemical studies, the available literature was reviewed and the possible histogenesis was discussed. We herein report a case of a rare primary bilateral ovarian leiomyoma in a young woman.
ISSN:0090-8258
1095-6859
DOI:10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.07.048