IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 41 / Issue 1 / DOI: 10.12891/ceog16122014

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Case Report
Uterine angioleiomyoma causing severe abnormal uterine bleeding
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1 2nd Department of Gynaecology, St. Savvas Anticancer-Oncologic Hospital, Athens
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Patras, Medical School, Rion
3 Department of Pathology, St. Savvas Anticancer-Oncologic Hospital, Athens (Greece)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2014, 41(1), 102–104; https://doi.org/10.12891/ceog16122014
Published: 10 February 2014
Abstract

Background: Angioleiomyoma or angiomyoma or vascular leiomyoma is an unusual benign mesenchymal neoplasm. The authors present a rare case of large uterine angioleiomyoma causing severe abnormal uterine bleeding. Case: The patient, a 53-year-old, gravida 2, para 2, premenopausal Greek woman presented with a complaint of severe abnormal uterine bleeding. On gynecologic examination there was a palpable pelvic mass. Preoperative computer tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis revealed an intra-abdominal mass 25 x 15 cm with abnormally increased vascularization. She underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, total omentectomy and elective pelvic lymph node dissection. Histopathology revealed uterine angioleiomyoma. Follow up 84 months after initial surgery showed no evidence of recurrence. Conclusion: Despite the type of surgery, patients with uterine angioleiomyoma have very low risk of recurrence and excellent prognosis.
Keywords
Angioleiomyoma
Angiomyoma
Vascular leiomyoma
Uterus
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