 Leiomyoma
"Leiomyoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle tissue, also known as a fibroid tumor. They rarely occur outside of the UTERUS and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT but can occur in the SKIN and SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, probably arising from the smooth muscle of small blood vessels in these tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D007889
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.590.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Leiomyoma- Leiomyoma
- Leiomyomas
- Fibroid Tumor
- Fibroid Tumors
- Tumor, Fibroid
- Tumors, Fibroid
- Fibromyoma
- Fibromyomas
- Fibroid
- Fibroids
Fibroid Uterus- Fibroid Uterus
- Uterus, Fibroid
- Fibroma, Uterine
- Fibromas, Uterine
- Uterine Fibroma
- Uterine Fibromas
- Fibroids, Uterine
- Fibroid, Uterine
- Uterine Fibroid
- Uterine Fibroids
- Leiomyoma, Uterine
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leiomyoma" by people in Profiles.
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Zhang J, Fischer J, Warner L, Oto A, Hor PH, Muthupillai R. Noninvasive, in vivo determination of uterine fibroid thermal conductivity in MRI-guided high intensity focused ultrasound therapy. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2015 Jun; 41(6):1654-61.
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Venkatesan AM, Partanen A, Pulanic TK, Dreher MR, Fischer J, Zurawin RK, Muthupillai R, Sokka S, Nieminen HJ, Sinaii N, Merino M, Wood BJ, Stratton P. Magnetic resonance imaging-guided volumetric ablation of symptomatic leiomyomata: correlation of imaging with histology. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012 Jun; 23(6):786-794.e4.
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Severino MF, Murray MJ, Brandon DD, Clinton GM, Burry KA, Novy MJ. Rapid loss of oestrogen and progesterone receptors in human leiomyoma and myometrial explant cultures. Mol Hum Reprod. 1996 Nov; 2(11):823-8.
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