Smooth muscle neoplasm is a descriptive term used by pathologists to describe a tumour composed of smooth muscle cells. Smooth muscle is the type of muscle found in organs that move automatically, such as the walls of blood vessels, the digestive tract, and the uterus. Under the microscope, smooth muscle cells appear long and thin, …
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A leiomyoma is a noncancerous tumor made of smooth muscle cells. Smooth muscle works without conscious control and is found in blood vessels, hair follicles, the digestive tract, and the uterus. Leiomyomas grow slowly and do not spread to other parts of the body. They differ from leiomyosarcoma, a cancer made of smooth muscle cells. …
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A leiomyoma is a noncancerous (benign) tumor that grows in the muscular wall of the uterus. It is made of smooth muscle cells, the same cells that make up the uterine wall, called the myometrium. In the uterus, leiomyoma and fibroid mean the same thing. Pathologists tend to write leiomyoma, and everyone else tends to …
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Leiomyosarcoma is a cancer that develops from smooth muscle cells. Smooth muscle is the type of muscle that works without conscious control. It is found in the walls of blood vessels, the digestive tract, the uterus, and the skin. Leiomyosarcoma is a type of sarcoma, a cancer that begins in the body’s connective tissues. Leiomyosarcoma …
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