Uterine Myxoid Tumor: A Case Report on a Mysterious and Unexpected Diagnosis

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are soft-tissue tumors that are rarely malignant. They can occur throughout the body but are rarely seen in the female genital tract. To our knowledge, the literature reports only a few cases of uterine IMTs. This article describes a 60-year-old female with...

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Published inCurēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 15; no. 1; p. e33568
Main Authors Khubrani, Reham A, Alkushi, Abdulmohsen, Mahjoub, Mona M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cureus Inc 09.01.2023
Cureus
Subjects
Abdomen
Calcification
Case reports
Cervix
Estrogens
Fibroids
Gynecology
Hysterectomy
Laboratories
Lymphoma
Medical diagnosis
Morphology
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Oncology
Oophorectomy
Pathology
Smooth muscle
Tumors
Uterine cancer
Uterus
Vagina
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
uterine malignancy
imt
uterine fibroid
inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (imt)
uterine myxoid neoplasm
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Summary:Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are soft-tissue tumors that are rarely malignant. They can occur throughout the body but are rarely seen in the female genital tract. To our knowledge, the literature reports only a few cases of uterine IMTs. This article describes a 60-year-old female with a uterine IMT presumed to be a fibroid. The correct diagnosis was made based on a combination of gross appearance, microscopic findings from multiple hematoxylin and eosin-stained tumor slides, and immunohistochemical staining. We also provide a literature review and compare our findings to other reported cases.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.33568