Clitoral leiomyoma in a premenopausal woman: a case report

Taraschi, Gianmarco; Aguiar, Diego; Tille, Jean-Christophe; Petignat, Patrick; Abdulcadir, Jasmine

doi:10.1186/s12905-020-00959-x

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Clitoral leiomyoma in a premenopausal woman: a case report

ContributorsTaraschi, Gianmarco; Aguiar, Diego; Tille, Jean-Christophe; Petignat, Patrick; Abdulcadir, Jasmine

Published inBMC Women's Health, vol. 20, no. 1, 89

Publication date2020

Abstract

Extrauterine leiomyomata is an uncommon lesion that can lead to several problems of differential diagnosis, especially when localized in the external genitalia. There are few reports in the English literature and a novel association with Alport's syndrome has been investigated since the 1980s.

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Adult
Bartholin's Glands/surgery
Clitoris/pathology/surgery
Female
Humans
Leiomyoma/pathology/surgery
Male

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TARASCHI, Gianmarco et al. Clitoral leiomyoma in a premenopausal woman: a case report. In: BMC Women’s Health, 2020, vol. 20, n° 1, p. 89. doi: 10.1186/s12905-020-00959-x

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PID : unige:146857
DOI : 10.1186/s12905-020-00959-x
PMID : 32357868

Journal ISSN1472-6874

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Clitoral leiomyoma in a premenopausal woman: a case report

Extrauterine leiomyomata is an uncommon lesion that can lead to several problems of differential diagnosis, especially when localized in the external genitalia. There are few reports in the English literature and a novel association with Alport's syndrome has been investigated since the 1980s.

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