The Natural History of Uterine Leiomyomas: Light and Electron Microscopic Studies of Fibroid Phases, Interstitial Ischemia, Inanosis, and Reclamation

Figure 17

Leukocytes traversing fibrotic stroma of a fibroid tumor. Multiple ameboid eosinophils (arrows) with filopodial extensions are traversing the fibrotic stroma of this fibroid, seemingly unimpeded. Foci such as this indicate that the fibrotic stroma of fibroids can be penetrated by granulocytes and weakens the argument that the lack of inflammatory response to the dead and fragmented inanotic cells is due to the physical resistance of the dense fibrotic stroma in fibroids. Original magnification: 132x.