Leiomyomas beyond the uterus presenting with multiple growth patterns in a single patient.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uterine smooth muscle tumors are the most common diseases among uterine tumors, among which there are three types of uterine smooth muscle tumors with abnormal growth patterns: intravascular leiomyomatosis (IVL), benign metastasizing leiomyoma(BML), and disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis (DPL). Here, we present a case of a smooth muscle tumor with multiple abnormal growth patterns, discuss the development and treatment of the disease.

Case presentation

This article describes a 45-year-old woman who had a long history of dull lower abdominal pain. The medical history revealed that the patient had a history of previous laparoscopic myomectomy as well as a history of recurrent uterine fibroids. The patient underwent a total of three lesion removal surgeries at ou

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12574189 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature