Open AccessMITOTICALLY ACTIVE LEIOMYOMAS OF THE UTERUS: ABOUT TWO CASES
Author(s) -
Fouzia El Hilali,
Hayat Aalalou,
O.M. Lemine,
Mohamed Karam Saoud,
a Nissrinemamouni,
Sanaa Errarhay,
C. Bouchikhi,
Abdelaziz Banani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/12287
Subject(s) - leiomyosarcoma , leiomyoma , uterus , atypia , medicine , smooth muscle tumor , smooth muscle , uterine leiomyoma , pathology , mitosis , nuclear atypia , anatomy , biology , immunohistochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology
Mitotically active leiomyomasis a rare histologic entity of smooth muscle tumors of the uterus. They have the same clinical behavior as an oridinary leiomyoma, histologically characterized by a mitotic activity higher than 5mitoses/high power field, without necrosis or cellular atypia. We report two cases of patients aged 48 and 61 years old respectively, presenting abdominal mass, their paraclinical examinations evoked a uterine leiomyosarcoma, a radical treatment was performed for the two patients, the anatomopathologic examination showedleiomyomas with increased mitotic activity.