APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Leiomyosarcoma, or LMS, is a type of rare cancer that grows in the smooth muscles. The smooth muscles are in the hollow organs of the body, including the intestines, stomach, bladder, and blood vessels. In females, there is also smooth muscle in the uterus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Benign smooth muscle tumors include smooth muscle hamartoma and angioleiomyoma. A specific category of leiomyomas are estrogen-receptor positive ones in women. These are similar to uterine leiomyomas and can occur anywhere in the abdomen and abdominal wall.

Detailed explanation-3: -Leiomyoma are benign tumors of smooth muscle origin. They are most commonly found in the female genital tract, but they can also be found in the retroperitoneum and the urinary bladder.

Detailed explanation-4: -Leiomyoma – uterine fibroids and typically not painful, but a tumor of large mass can press on other internal organs, bleed and cause anemia. Angioleiomyoma – originates in blood vessels and can manifest in the lining of the large vein carrying blood to the heart. More items