Case report: Uterine Leiomyoma with Fumarate Hydratase Deficiency Provisionally Accepted
- 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
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.
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* Correspondence: Mx. Dominyka Grinciūtė, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LT-03101, Lithuania