 Leiomyoma
"Leiomyoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle tissue, also known as a fibroid tumor. They rarely occur outside of the UTERUS and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT but can occur in the SKIN and SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, probably arising from the smooth muscle of small blood vessels in these tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D007889
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.590.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Leiomyoma- Leiomyoma
- Leiomyomas
- Fibroid Tumor
- Fibroid Tumors
- Tumor, Fibroid
- Tumors, Fibroid
- Fibromyoma
- Fibromyomas
- Fibroid
- Fibroids
Fibroid Uterus- Fibroid Uterus
- Uterus, Fibroid
- Fibroma, Uterine
- Fibromas, Uterine
- Uterine Fibroma
- Uterine Fibromas
- Fibroids, Uterine
- Fibroid, Uterine
- Uterine Fibroid
- Uterine Fibroids
- Leiomyoma, Uterine
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leiomyoma" by people in Profiles.
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Mitro SD, Waetjen LE, Lee C, Wise LA, Zaritsky E, Harlow SD, El Khoudary SR, Santoro N, Solomon DH, Thurston RC, Hedderson MM. Diabetes and Uterine Fibroid Diagnosis in Midlife: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 May 19; 110(6):e1934-e1942.
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Sinha A, Yao M, Shippey E, Kho RM, Orlando MS. Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism Risk in Patients Undergoing Hysterectomy for Fibroids: A US Retrospective Cohort Study. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2024 Jun; 46(6):102456.
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Mitro SD, Wise LA, Waetjen LE, Lee C, Zaritsky E, Harlow SD, Solomon DH, Thurston RC, El Khoudary SR, Santoro N, Hedderson MM. Hypertension, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Uterine Fibroid Diagnosis in Midlife. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 04 01; 7(4):e246832.
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Harris HR, Peres LC, Johnson CE, Guertin KA, Beeghly A, Bandera EV, Bethea TN, Joslin CE, Wu AH, Moorman PG, Ochs-Balcom HM, Petrick JL, Setiawan VW, Rosenberg L, Schildkraut JM, Myers E. Racial Differences in the Association of Endometriosis and Uterine Leiomyomas With the Risk of Ovarian Cancer. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 06 01; 141(6):1124-1138.
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Harris HR, Petrick JL, Rosenberg L. The epidemiology of uterine fibroids: Where do we go from here? Fertil Steril. 2022 04; 117(4):841-842.
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Wesselink AK, Rosenberg L, Wise LA, Jerrett M, Coogan PF. A prospective cohort study of ambient air pollution exposure and risk of uterine leiomyomata. Hum Reprod. 2021 07 19; 36(8):2321-2330.
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Liu JH. Medical treatment with ulipristal acetate for uterine fibroids: Will it be resurrected? Fertil Steril. 2021 07; 116(1):80.
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Delara R, Wasson M, Khan A. Bladder Leiomyoma. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2021 06; 28(6):1123-1124.
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Orlando M, Kollikonda S, Hackett L, Kho R. Non-hysteroscopic Myomectomy and Fertility Outcomes: A Systematic Review. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2021 03; 28(3):598-618.e1.
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Sharami SH, Fallah Arzpeyma S, Shakiba M, Montazeri S, Milani F, Kazemi S, Dalil Heirati SF. Relationship of Uterine Fibroids with Lipid Profile, Anthropometric Characteristics, Subcutaneous and Preperitoneal Fat Thickness. Arch Iran Med. 2019 12 01; 22(12):716-721.
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