lipoleiomyoma

English

Etymology

lipo- +‎ leiomyoma

Noun

lipoleiomyoma (plural lipoleiomyomas)

1. (pathology) A benign fatty neoplasm of smooth muscle (especially of the uterus)
   • 2015 July 5, Go Nakai et al., “Uterine Intravenous Leiomyomatosis with Cardiac Extension: Radiologic Assessment with Surgical and Pathologic Correlation”, in Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology‎^[1], volume 2015, →DOI:

     In the present case, although the uterine tumor was depicted as a poorly demarcated diffuse lesion within the myometrium on MRI, a lipomatous component indicative of a benign lipomatous tumor such as a lipoleiomyoma [ 11 – 13 ], angiomyolipoma [ 14 ], or pure lipoma [ 15 ] was also detected within the tumor.