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Osseous metaplasia in leiomyoma

Author(s) -

Bal Chander,

Shashank Shekhar

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of cancer research and therapeutics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 0973-1482

pISSN - 1998-4138

DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.138104

Subject(s) - leiomyoma , metaplasia , heterologous , pathology , reproductive tract , uterine leiomyoma , female circumcision , genital tract , medicine , biology , gynecology , physiology , biochemistry , gene

Being one of the commonest tumors of the female genital tract during the reproductive years, the leiomyoma uteri expectedly demonstrates a wide spectrum of histological variations. However, heterologous tissue differentiation is a rare finding and frank bone formation is even rarer. The factors that lead to heterologous tissue formation in a leiomyoma are subject to speculation. This is a rare case report and possibly the first, on the formation of pure mature bone in a uterine leiomyoma

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