lipoleiomyoma
English
Etymology
lipo- + leiomyoma
Noun
lipoleiomyoma (plural lipoleiomyomas)
- (pathology) A benign fatty neoplasm of smooth muscle (especially of the uterus)
- 2015 July 5, Go Nakai et al., “Uterine Intravenous Leiomyomatosis with Cardiac Extension: Radiologic Assessment with Surgical and Pathologic Correlation”, in Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, volume 2015, DOI: :
- In the present case, although the uterine tumor was depicted as a poorly demarcated diffuse lesion within the myometrium on MRI, a lipomatous component indicative of a benign lipomatous tumor such as a lipoleiomyoma [ 11 – 13 ], angiomyolipoma [ 14 ], or pure lipoma [ 15 ] was also detected within the tumor.
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