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Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata in a postmenopausal woman

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Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD), a multifocal proliferation of smooth muscle like cells, has so far been described in 48 cases. Most of them were pregnant women or women taking the oral contraceptives, which supported the hypothesis that LPD is associated with hyperestrogenism. We report a 65-year-old women, without history of taking exogenous estrogens, which suggests that factors other than hormonal influences may contribute to pathogenesis of LPD.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Split, Spinčićceva 1, 21000 Split, Croatia Tel.: +385-21-556342, Fax: +385-21-365738, , , , , , HR

    T. Strinić

  2. Department of Pathology, University Hospital Split, , , , , , HR

    I. Kuzmić-Prusac

  3. Department of Biophysics, Medical School, Split, , , , , , HR

    D. Eterović

  4. Department of Pathology, University Hospital Zagreb, , , , ,

    J. Jakić & M. Šćcukanec

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Received: October 1999 / Accepted: 3 February 2000

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Strinić, T., Kuzmić-Prusac, I., Eterović, D. et al. Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata in a postmenopausal woman. Arch Gynecol Obstet 264, 97–98 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004040000070

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