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Angiomyolipoma of the Uterus
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, M.D., PhD, Ataturk University Yakutiye, Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
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Nenehatun Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, M.D., Erzurum, Turkey
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Department of Pathology, M.D., PhD, Ataturk University Erzurum, Turkey
Publication date: 2013-07-09
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Mehmet Yilmaz
Ataturk University Yakutiye Research Hospital, Erzurum/Turkey 25050
Eur J Gen Med 2013;10(3):178-180
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ABSTRACT
Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a mesenchymal neoplasm composed of a variable mixture of adipose tissue, smooth muscle cells, and anomalous blood vessels. In the uterus, only a few cases have been reported. We described a uterine AML without evidence of tuberous sclerosus (TS). The clinical presentations of uterine angiomyomatous lesions are nonspecific. The diagnosis of angiomyolipoma can be established with ultrasound and/or computed tomography (CT). The patients whose lower abdomen mass in the abdominopelvic ultrasound and dysfunctional uterine bleeding should be considered AML in the differential diagnosis.