• Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.185-187
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• 2007

Angioleiomyomas are a vascular subtype of leiomyomas or benign smooth muscle tumors. The majority of these tumors occur in the extremities. Angioleiomyoma of the larynx has been reported but is exceedingly rare. Laryngeal angiomyomas can present with hoarseness, dyspnea, or globus sensation, and often misdiagnosed as asthma. We report a case of a 74-year old man with laryngeal angioleiomyoma misdiagnosed as asthma.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.154-159
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• 2008

Angioleiomyoma of the sinonasal tract is a rare benign tumor. We report a case of angioleiomyoma of the nasal septum in a 51-year-old woman who complained of frequent epistaxis for 3 months. Surgicalexcision was performed. The excised specimen was $0.7{\times}0.5{\times}0.4cm$ in size, well circumscribed, grayish white, rubbery, and soft. Histological examination showed thick-walled blood vessels and smooth muscle cell proliferation. No nuclear atypia or mitoses were present.

• Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.250-252
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• 2010

Vascular leiomyomas are benign tumors of smooth muscle origin arising from the muscularis layer of blood vessel walls. They can occur anywhere in the body where smooth muscle is found and usually occur in the lower extremity as a slow-growing, firm, occasionally painful mass. However they are rare in the head and neck and very rare in hard palate. Here we report a case of a vascular leiomyoma presenting as a soft mass of the hard palate and review the literatures.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.115-119
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• 2013

Leiomyoma is benign neoplasm of smooth muscle, but it is rare in the oral cavity. The most common type of leiomyoma in the oral cavity is vascular leiomyoma. Clinically, vascular leiomyoma usually grows slowly and is generally a small, painless, sessile, firm and superficial nodule like lesion, and the length of time before patients seek medical attention may span months to years. The diagnosis of oral leiomyoma is possible with only histological studies with special stains because there are no specific clinical and radiological signs. We experienced a 53-year-old woman with palatal mass. She underwent surgical excision and the final pathological result confirmed it to be vascular leiomyoma. We report this case with a review of the related literatures.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.59-61
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• 2007

Angioleiomyoma is a rare benign tumor arising from the vascular smooth muscle (tunica media) and characterized by either a painful or painless, solitary subcutaneous nodule occurring most often in the lower extremity. We report a case of intense FDG uptake in the angioleiomyoma of right lower leg on $^{18}F-FDG$ PET/CT.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.26 no.9
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• pp.735-737
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• 1993

We have experienced a case of leiomyoma in the right upper lobe of the lung in a 56 year old female. Preoperative studies revealed the tumor nature as benign, and we chose right upper lobectomywith video-assisted thoracoscope rather than with the usual posterolateral thoracotomy. Postoperativehistological diagnosis was pulmonary leiomyoma which is a rare type of benign lung tumor.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.621-625
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• 2002

Though leiomyoma is the most common tumor of esophagus, it accounts for only 1% of all esophageal tumors. Most of the leiomyomas are intramural type originating from the muscularis propria and only l% of them is intraluminal pedunculated type originating from muscularis mucosae. Recently, a 30-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of dysphagia. Radiologic examination showed that intraluminal tumor 5cm in diameter was found at the cervical esophagus. Endoscopic examination showed that the tumor was covered with normal mucosa. The patient underwent surgical excision through the left cervical approach. After full, longitudinal esophagotomy, the intraluminal pedunculated tumor was successfully enucleated. Esophageal leiomyoma was confirmed histopathologically. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was relieved from dysphagia.

• Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.63-66
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• 2007

The differential diagnosis of lesions in buccal area include lipoma, neurofibromas, epidermoid cyst, salivary ducts calculus, hemangioma, lymphadenopathy. Accessory parotid glands is defined as salivary gland tissue adjacent to the parotid duct, but separated from the body of parotid and it may be found in approximately 20% of human parotid glands. The appearance of an accessory parotid tumor is rare, with a reported frequency of 7.7% of all parotid neoplasm. Angiomyoma, which is also termed angioleiomyoma, is a rare solitary subcutaneous tumors arising from the vascular smooth muscle. It often occur in the extremities and is rarely found in buccal area. We present 2 cases of rare tumor in buccal mass and resected surgically without facial nerve palsy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.28 no.11
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• pp.1063-1066
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• 1995

Though leiomyoma is the most common benign esophageal tumor, it is rare in the upper third of esophagus. Recently, we experienced two cases of esophageal leiomyoma in the upper third of esophagus. The patient were a 53 year old female and a 40 year old male. On esophagoscopy, masses were found at 20\ulcorner23 cm, 22\ulcorner26 cm from upper incisor with normal overlying mucosa. Enucleation was done through a right posterolateral thoracotomy without complications.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.943-947
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• 1992

Intramural leiomyoma is the most common benign esophageal tumor, but it is rare compared with carcinoma. Although the most common symptom is dysphagia, this tumor may not cause symptoms before attaining large size. Radiographic and endoscopic findings allow an accurate diagnosis to be made before operation in most patients. The treatment of choice is enucleation without mucosal encroachment. Recently, we experienced two cases of esophageal leiomyoma on the mid portion of esophagus and enucleation of tumors were done by blunt dissection with caution. In one case, postoperative chylothorax was complicated, but cured with conservative treatment. The tissue diagnosis was confirmed with pathological finding.