Open AccessLipoleiomyoma of uterus in a postmenopausal woman
Author(s) -
Hanumanthappa Krishnappa Manjunatha,
Anikode Subramanian Ramaswamy,
Bylappa Sunil Kumar,
S V Anil Kumar,
Lingaraj Krishna
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/0976-7800.76219
Subject(s) - uterus , postmenopausal women , asymptomatic , medicine , leiomyoma , menopause , gynecology , incidence (geometry) , smooth muscle , pathology , physics , optics
Lipoleiomyomas are uncommon benign neoplasms of uterus and are considered to be a variant of uterine myomas. Their reported incidence varies from 0.03 to 0.2%. Lipoleiomyoma consists of variable proportion of mature lipocytes and smooth muscle cells. These tumors generally occur in asymptomatic obese perimenopausal or menopausal women. We report this case of uterine lipoleiomyoma because of its rarity.