Obstetrics & Gynecology Science (Sep 2019)

Cotyledonoid dissecting leiomyoma: an uncommon form of a common disease

  • Iffat Jamal,
  • Rakesh Kumar Gupta,
  • Ranwir Kumar Sinha,
  • Punam Prasad Bhadani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2019.62.5.362
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 62, no. 5
pp. 362 – 366

Abstract

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Leiomyomas are benign uterine smooth muscle neoplasms with varied morphology that are well known to undergo secondary changes. Cotyledonoid dissecting leiomyoma is a rare and distinct form of leiomyoma that poses a diagnostic challenge for clinicians, radiologists, and pathologists and can be confused with malignant uterine neoplasms. Only a few cases have been reported so far in the literature. Here we report a case of a cotyledonoid dissecting leiomyoma in a 60-year-old woman, emphasize its gross and histological features, and provide a review of the literature.

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