IMR Press / EJGO / Volume 31 / Issue 4 / pii/1630985265497-2047888718

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Case Report
Multiple epitheloid plexiform tumourlet leiomyoma of the uterus with focal vascular invasion
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1 Departments of Gynaecology, Erasme Hospital, Free University Hospital (ULB), Brussels
2 Department of Gynecopathology, Erasme Hospital, Free University Hospital (ULB), Brussels (Belgium)
Eur. J. Gynaecol. Oncol. 2010, 31(4), 443–445;
Published: 10 August 2010
Abstract

We report the first case of multiple plexiform tumourlets showing focal vascular invasion suggesting that, unlike what the common and accepted opinion would advocate, these tumours may have a more aggressive behaviour. However, the prognosis of this variant of epithelioid leiomyoma remains unknown, due to its rarity. The main differential diagnosis of this entity are discussed, including endometrial stromal sarcoma exhibiting epitheloid cytomorphology, intravenous leiomyomatosis of epitheloid variant.
Keywords
Epitheloid leiomyoma
Plexiform tumourlets
Myometrium
Uterus
Myoma
Vascular invasion
Endometrial stromal sarcoma
Intravascular leiomyomatosis
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