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Mitotically active haemorrhagic cellular (apoplectic) leiomyoma

  • Y. L. Hock1,*,
  • P. Goswami2
  • T. P. Rollason3

1Department of Histopathology, Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK

2Department of Gynaecology, Manor Hrnpital, Walsall, UK

3Department of Histopathology, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo20000128 Vol.21,Issue 1,January 2000 pp.28-29

Published: 10 January 2000

*Corresponding Author(s): Y. L. Hock E-mail:

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Abstract

Apoplectic leiomyoma is a distinctive smooth muscle tumour usually occurring in women either taking oral contraceptives or who are pregnant or recently postpartum. Most of these tumours show 0-2 mitoses per 10 high power fields, but a mitotic index of up to 8 per 10 high power fields is allowed in such tumours. We describe an apoplectic leiomyoma with a number of atypical features including a high mitotic index (up to 20 per 10 high power fields) in a 47-year-old woman. Follow-up clinically and by computerised tomography (CT) for 3 years demonstrates no recurrence.

Keywords

Apoplectic leiomyoma; Atypical features; Mitotic index

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Y. L. Hock,P. Goswami,T. P. Rollason. Mitotically active haemorrhagic cellular (apoplectic) leiomyoma. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2000. 21(1);28-29.

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[2] Myles J. L., Hart W. R.: "Apopletic leiomyomas of the uterus. A clinicopathologic study of five distinctive haemorrhagic leiomyomas associated with oral contraceptive usage". Am. J. Surg. Pathol., 1985, 9, 798.

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