Uterine Intravenous Leiomyomatosis with Cardiac Extension: Radiologic Assessment with Surgical and Pathologic Correlation

Figure 5

(a) HE staining showed the well-circumscribed uterine lesion protruding into the uterine myometrium (arrows). (b) The uterine lesion was composed of variable amounts of smooth muscle and fat cells with hydropic and hyaline degeneration, accompanied by numerous blood vessels. (c) On immunohistochemical staining, the nuclei of smooth muscle cells in the tumor were positive for estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) (not shown).

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