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CASE REPORT article

Front. Med.
Sec. Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1391978

Case report: Uterine Leiomyoma with Fumarate Hydratase Deficiency Provisionally Accepted

 Diana Buzinskiene1, 2  Dominyka Grinciūtė1* Mindaugas Šilkūnas1, 2 Evelina Šidlovska3
  • 1Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania
  • 2Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania
  • 3National Center of Pathology, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinics, Lithuania

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Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disease caused by mutations in the fumarate hydratase gene. The syndrome is characterized by skin leiomyomatosis, uterine leiomyomatosis, and renal cell carcinoma. Herein, we report a case of fumarate hydratase deficient leiomyoma. The patient was a young female presenting with large uterine leiomyoma and multiple kidney angiomyolipomas. The report presents the chosen treatment and the challenges of differential diagnosis.

Keywords: case report, hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma, skin leiomyomatosis, Uterine leiomyomatosis, Fumarate Hydratase

Received: 26 Feb 2024; Accepted: 17 Apr 2024.

Copyright: © 2024 Buzinskiene, Grinciūtė, Šilkūnas and Šidlovska. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Mx. Dominyka Grinciūtė, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LT-03101, Lithuania