"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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leiomyoma" by people in Profiles.
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Greater Cephalad Extent of Thoracic Epidural Sensory Anesthesia After Lidocaine and Epinephrine Test Dose Correlates With Analgesic Consumption and Pain Burden After Uterine Fibroid Artery Embolization. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Jan-Feb; 41(1):56-64.
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Renal leiomyoma: a contemporary multi-institution study of an infrequent and frequently misclassified neoplasm. Am J Surg Pathol. 2015 Mar; 39(3):349-56.
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Human uterine leiomyoma stem/progenitor cells expressing CD34 and CD49b initiate tumors in vivo. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Apr; 100(4):E601-6.
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Role of stem cells in human uterine leiomyoma growth. PLoS One. 2012; 7(5):e36935.
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Genome-wide progesterone receptor binding: cell type-specific and shared mechanisms in T47D breast cancer cells and primary leiomyoma cells. PLoS One. 2012; 7(1):e29021.
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Diagnostic yield of a novel jumbo biopsy "unroofing" technique for tissue acquisition of gastric submucosal masses. Endoscopy. 2011 Oct; 43(10):849-55.
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Uteroenteric fistula after uterine artery embolization. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Aug; 118(2 Pt 2):434-436.
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Early growth response-2 expression in uterine leiomyoma cells: regulation and function. Fertil Steril. 2011 Aug; 96(2):439-44.
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LAT1 regulates growth of uterine leiomyoma smooth muscle cells. Reprod Sci. 2010 Sep; 17(9):791-7.
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Transcription factor KLF11 integrates progesterone receptor signaling and proliferation in uterine leiomyoma cells. Cancer Res. 2010 Feb 15; 70(4):1722-30.