ALLMedicine™ Leiomyoma Center

Jan 14th, 2022 - An 81-year-old man presented to the clinic with a 2.1 cm firm, skin-colored subcutaneous tumor on the left upper arm (Figure 1). The lesion arose at the site of a past smallpox vaccination and had been slowly enlarging for approximately 4 years. T...

Jan 11th, 2022 - Studies on the imaging of female periurethral masses are sparse, and most are focused on cystic lesions. In this article, we studied female periurethral solid masses and reported their ultrasonographic features. Fifteen women with periurethral sol...

Jan 8th, 2022 - The distinction of mesenchymal tumors of the uterus is a frequent diagnostic challenge in gynecologic pathology. Especially, distinguishing low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) from leiomyoma or distinguishing low-grade ESS from high-grade ...

Jan 2nd, 2022 - We evaluated resectoscopic surgery for definitive diagnosis and long-term therapy in 16 symptomatic tamoxifen-treated women with breast cancer who presented with abnormal uterine bleeding and/or intrauterine anomalies. Seven pre-menopausal women h...

Dec 29th, 2021 - Tis Not a Leiomyoma! Two Cases of Postendoscopic Full-Thickness Resection Leiomyomatous Pseudopolyps.|2021|Tan CK,Wang LM,Goh L,Li JW,Lin J,|

May 21st, 2021 - Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are the most common solid and symptomatic neoplasm in women. They are the leading indication for hysterectomy (1, 2), which is a definitive and effective surgical treatment for leiomyoma. However, many patients benefi...

May 24th, 2015 - To provide recommendations regarding the best management of fibroids in couples who present with infertility. Usual and novel treatment options for fibroids will be reviewed with emphasis on their applicability in women who wish to conceive. Manag...

Dec 13th, 2021 - Fibroids are firm benign tumors that are made of smooth muscle cells and fibrous connective tissue. Benign uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are the most common pelvic tumor in women, affecting 20-40% of all women over the age of 35 and 50% of African...

Dec 6th, 2021 - Identifying premalignant and benign diseases of the cervix and selecting an appropriate treatment path can be challenging. The adult uterine cervix may exhibit a wide variety of pathologic conditions that include benign entities (eg, cervicitis, h...

Sep 21st, 2021 - Leiomyomas are the benign neoplasms of uterus and the role of genetics, estrogen levels and obesity has already been shown in their development. Higher levels of serum sestrin proteins have already been associated with DNA damage, hypoxia and oxid...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Recently, the concept of "liquid biopsy" has emerged as a minimally invasive alternative to surgical biopsies. Generally, the liquid biopsy is obtained by taking a sample of blood or other body fluids, to provide tumour-specific information. The u...

Oct 6th, 2020 - The proposal of the present study approved by our institutional review boards and institution's ethical committee, and all participants will sign a written consent before enter to study. All patients will be randomly divided into three groups and ...

Sep 18th, 2021 - Key clinical point: Women with uterine leiomyoma (UL) appeared to be at a higher risk of developing endometriosis. The risk increased further if UL was present along with comorbidities like infertility or endometritis.

Jul 22nd, 2021 - Two chronic gynecologic conditions notably affect a woman’s quality of life (QoL), including fertility – one is endometriosis, and the other is a fibroid uterus. For a benign tumor, fibroids have an impressive prevalence found in approximately 50%.

Dec 5th, 2020 - Abstract This article reviews two newly described cancer syndromes: DICER1 and BAP1 tumor predisposition syndrome, and four uncommon syndromes: Familial Atypical Multiple Mole Melanoma (FAMMM) syndrome, Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Ca...

Dec 5th, 2020 - Although chemotherapy options for patients with sarcoma have expanded in recent months, efforts to advance treatment beyond a therapeutic plateau have long been hindered by a paucity of targetable genomic alterations and the rarity of these tumor ...

Mar 31st, 2020 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. I am Andrew Kaunitz, professor and associate chair in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville. A new Practice Bulletin from th...