Vascular plexiform leiomyoma mimicking uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumor.

Ann Diagn Pathol

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, 02905-2499, USA.

Published: October 2010

Leiomyomata are common benign smooth muscle neoplasms with a usually easily recognizable histologic pattern. However, there is a wide variety of subtypes described in the literature, characterized by predominance of a particular distinct histologic pattern. Here we describe a case of a highly vascular leiomyoma with a prominent plexiform pattern and cords and tubules of epithelioid cells that mimics a uterine tumor resembling an ovarian sex cord tumor.

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