Sung-chul Lim1, Ho-jong Jeon. 1. Department of Pathology, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, South Korea. sclim@mail.chosun.ac.kr
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Primary ovarian leiomyoma is a very rare tumor and usually it is small, unilateral-, and concomitantly seen with uterine leiomyomata in middle-aged to postmenopausal women. CASE: We describe a case of huge, bilateral ovarian leiomyoma that was not associated with uterine tumor in a 17-year-old woman. The authors of this study documented the smooth muscle origin of the tumor with immunohistochemical studies, the available literature was reviewed and the possible histogenesis was discussed. CONCLUSION: We herein report a case of a rare primary bilateral ovarian leiomyoma in a young woman.
BACKGROUND:Primary ovarian leiomyoma is a very rare tumor and usually it is small, unilateral-, and concomitantly seen with uterine leiomyomata in middle-aged to postmenopausal women. CASE: We describe a case of huge, bilateral ovarian leiomyoma that was not associated with uterine tumor in a 17-year-old woman. The authors of this study documented the smooth muscle origin of the tumor with immunohistochemical studies, the available literature was reviewed and the possible histogenesis was discussed. CONCLUSION: We herein report a case of a rare primary bilateral ovarian leiomyoma in a young woman.