Uterine Smooth-Muscle Tumors with Unusual Growth Patterns

Uterine smooth-muscle tumors With Unusual growth patterns include a variety of neoplastic lesions characterized histologically by their similarity 10 adult smooth muscle tissue. The 3 primary neoplasms are intravenous leiomyomatosis, benign metastasizing leiomyoma, and leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata. We present I review of the recent literature along With the clinical and pathologic features of 5 illustrative cases from Mayo Clinic Arizona. Scottsdale, Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology (2009) 16, 263-8 (c) 2009 AAGL. All rights reserved.