Pure Uterine Lipoma: A Common Tumour at an Uncommon Site
Published: May 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/27479.9931
Pranav Pramod Patwardhan, Tejaswini Priyadarshan Waghmare, Annapurna Chandrashekhar Taware
1. Resident Doctor, Department of Pathology, Seth G S Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Seth G S Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Seth G S Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Pranav Pramod Patwardhan,
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Although lipomas are very common tumours, pure uterine lipomas are extremely rare. Their reported incidence is 0.03-0.2%. They commonly present with symptoms similar to that due to leiomyoma except that they occur in post menopausal elderly females. We report a case of 70-year-old elderly female, who presented with third degree uterovaginal descent. A total vaginal hysterectomy was done for her. The hysterectomy specimen showed presence of a well circumscribed uterine fundal lipoma. We report this case because of its rare occurrence in the uterine fundus.
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