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  2. Leiomyoma - Wikipedia

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    Leiomyoma enucleated from a uterus. External surface on left; cut surface on right. Micrograph of a small, well-circumscribed colonic leiomyoma arising from the muscularis mucosae and showing fascicles of spindle cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm and elongated, cigar-shaped nuclei Immunohistochemistry for β-catenin in uterine leiomyoma, which is negative as there is only staining of cytoplasm ...

  3. Uterine fibroid - Wikipedia

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    Fifty percent of uterine fibroids demonstrate a genetic abnormality. Often a translocation is found on some chromosomes. [7] Fibroids are partly genetic. If a mother had fibroids, risk in the daughter is about three times higher than average. [14] Black women have a 3–9 times increased chance of developing uterine fibroids than white women. [15]

  4. Myoma - Wikipedia

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    They most commonly occur as uterine fibroids, but may also form in other locations. Rhabdomyomas which occur in striated muscle. [1] [2] [3] They are rare tumors, occur in childhood and often become malignant. [citation needed] Whether or not angiomyomas are a type of leiomyoma or a separate entity is disputed as of 2014. [3]

  5. 5 Things Every Woman Should Know About Uterine Fibroids - AOL

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    Fibroids can range from being undetectable by the human eye to bulky masses, and can be treated—if treatment is deemed necessary—with medication, non- or minimally-invasive procedures or ...

  6. Genital leiomyoma - Wikipedia

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    By the age of 50, the incidence of uterine fibroids was >80% in African-American with-uterus persons and >70% of Caucasian with-uterus persons. [18] Recurrence of uterine leiomyomas 4–5 years after removal occurs up to 59% of the time for with-uterus persons of African origin. [19]

  7. Female genital disease - Wikipedia

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    Giuliani et al. found that asymptomatic uterine fibroids are present in 70% of individuals who were diagnosed with it, suggesting that it plays a role in epidemiologic studies underestimating its prevalence. [32] Uterine fibroids are treated if the person is experiencing symptoms such as anemia, infertility, and pelvic and back pain.

  8. Woman has uterine fibroids removed that equaled the size of a ...

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    Erica Chidi, co-founder and CEO of Loom, a women's health education platform, is making her private health journey -- a six-year battle with uterine fibroids -- public, she said, in hopes of ...

  9. Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome

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    Almost all women present with uterine fibroids, approximately 76% with dermal manifestations and 10–16% with renal tumors. [3] The uterine fibroids tend to occur at younger age and are larger and more numerous than in the general population. They may be distinguishable from sporadic fibroids by special histological features such as prominent ...