smooth muscle tumors

Definition: Tumors showing differentiation towards smooth muscle. They include smooth muscle hamartomas, smooth muscle benign tumors, and smooth muscle malignant tumors.

Classification

 congenital smooth muscle hamartoma
 pilar leiomyoma (piloleiomyoma )
 angioleiomyoma (angiomyoma, vascular leiomyoma )
 angiomyomatous hamartoma of lymph node
 leiomyomas

• leiomyoma of the external genitalia
• retroperitoneal leiomyoma
• deep peripheral leiomyoma
• visceral leiomyomas
  • uterine leiomyoma
  • esophageal leiomyoma
  • colorectal leiomyoma of muscularis mucosae

 leiomyomatosis

• intraveinous leiomyomatosis
• peritoneal leiomyomatosis (leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata )
• esophageal leiomyomatosis

 lymphangioleiomyoma and lymphangioleiomyomatosis
 leiomyosarcoma
 EBV-associated smooth muscle tumors

Localization

 digestive smooth muscle tumors
 genital smooth muscle tumors

• uterine smooth muscle tumors

See also

 smooth muscle