GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology (Dec 2019)

Hepatic Myxoid Leiomyoma: A Very Rare Tumor

  • João Fraga,
  • Rui Caetano Oliveira,
  • Luigi Terracciano,
  • Mário Rui Silva,
  • Maria Augusta Cipriano

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1159/000504762

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Introduction: Mesenchymal tumors of the liver are rare, and in this group, myxoid leiomyomas are even rarer. So far, only 2 cases have been reported in the literature. Case Presentation: We aim to report the case of a 16-year-old female with a large lesion on the right hepatic lobe, grossly composed of gelatinous and heterogeneous tissue. Discussion: Histological evaluation revealed a benign mesenchymal neoplasm with expansive growth, paucicellular, with monotonous and dispersed spindle and ovoid cells, positive for α-smooth actin and h-caldesmon, without atypia or mitoses, consistent with the diagnosis of primary myxoid leiomyoma.

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