Leiomyomas of the ovary.

Abstract

Two cases of ovarian leiomyoma as casual findings in oophorectomy specimens are reported. Both were small (1.5 and 1.0 cm), one had leiomyoblastomatous and symplastic features, and the other was associated with an adjoining multilocular mucinous cystadenoma and atypical hyperplasia in the endometrium. Both coexisted with uterine leiomyomas, which they resemble morphologically. Distinction from thecoma-fibroma was made by the immunohistochemical demonstration of desmin and characteristic electronmicroscopic features of smooth muscle.

• Authors: M F Matamala, F F Nogales, J Aneiros, M A Herraiz, M D Caracuel
• Journal: International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists (Int J Gynecol Pathol) Vol. 7 Issue 2 Pg. 190-6 ( 1988) ISSN: 0277-1691 [Print] United States
• PMID: 3397211 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Desmin

Topics

• Adult
• Desmin (analysis)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Humans
• Leiomyoma (pathology, ultrastructure)
• Microscopy, Electron
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasms, Multiple Primary (pathology, ultrastructure)
• Ovarian Neoplasms (pathology, ultrastructure)
• Uterine Neoplasms (pathology, ultrastructure)