Title: Clinicopathological analysis of 22 uterus bizarre leiomyomas cases.
Abstract: Objective To investigate the histomorphological characteristics of uterine bizarre leiomyoma as well as its diagnosis.Methods Totally 22 leiomyomas cases were clinicoathologically analyzed.Results Submucous myoma,intramural myoma and subserous myoma were obsereved in 6,12 cases and 4 cases respectively.Light microscopy showed that part of all the cell nuclei were bizarre,accompanied with double or multiple nuclei and the mitotic figures were occurred in 8 cases(≤1/10HPF).Among 22 cases with immunohistochemical staining,markers indicating muscle cells in origin were positive expression in the bizarre cells and all control tumor cells.Conclusions Uterine bizarre leiomyoma is a kind of especial,benign and easily misdiagnosed leiomyomas,thus it needs to be differentiated with leiomyosarcoma in pathological diagnosis.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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