The epidemiological profile of adenomyosis has drastically changed in recent years due to advancements imaging techniques. Even though is not uncommon women childbearing age, we present an intriguing case a 30-year-old woman with long-standing progressive dysmenorrhea and infertility who had posterior wall exophytic adenomyomatous polyp full-thickness pseudo-invasion out the uterine serosa into...

OBJECTIVE To explore the correlation between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of uterine fibroids (UFs) and therapeutic effects of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation (HIFUA), and to provide evidence for UFs diagnosis with MRI in clinical practice. METHODS Forty-three UFs patients who were treated in our hospital from April 2012 to June 2014 were selected, including 72 UFs (48...

To investigate the distribution and origin of alpha-smooth muscle actin (ASMA)-positive stromal cells in the perforation of human gastroduodenal ulcers. Perforative lesions of 24 surgically resected gastroduodenal ulcers were examined immunohistochemically for ASMA, HCD, CD34, CD31, CAM5.2 and HMW-CK, and double staining of ASMA and CAM5.2 was also performed. In addition, to determine the cell ...

Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are mesenchymal cells that are distributed along the gastrointestinal tract and function as pacemaker cells or intermediary cells between nerves and smooth muscle cells. ICC express a receptor tyrosine kinase c-Kit, which is an established marker for ICC. The c-kit gene is allelic with the murine white-spotting locus (W), and some ICC subsets were reported to b...

Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is a very rare condition that is defined as the presence of gas within the subserosal or submucosal layer of the bowel. PI has been described in association with a variety of conditions including gastrointestinal tract disorders, pulmonary diseases, connective tissue disorders, organ transplantation, leukemia, and various immunodeficiency states. We report a rare c...

BACKGROUND Leiomyosarcoma of the uterus is an extremely rare but highly aggressive tumor that accounts for only 1-2 % of uterine malignancies, and is usually associated with a dismal outcome. CASE PRESENTATION The authors present an unusual case of pedunculated subserosal leiomyosarcoma of the uterus mimicking ovarian carcinoma. A 57-year-old postmenopausal woman presented with progressive lo...