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(a) Suprapubic ultrasound study with full bladder (+). Longitudinal cut of the uterus with a well-defined nodular lesion (arrows), intramural and hyperechogenic on the anterior uterine face. (b) Surgical resection piece: anteroposterior surface cut. Presence of a well-defined intramural nodular lesion in the anterior face with a surface that is homogeneous, bright, and yellowish in colour (arrows). An endometrial polyps can also be seen in the uterine fundus. (c) Microscopic image of the uterine lipoma. Solid masses of mature adipocytes occasionally delimited by fibroconnective tracts with capillary vessels. Hematoxilin-eosin, 200X.
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A suprapubic abdominal ultrasound scan showed an enlarged uterine corpus that measured 140 x 65 x 43 mm and, in anteversion, a well-defined hyperechogenic 52 x 32 mm nodular intramural formation was highlighted on the anterior face (Figure 1(a)), as well as an endometrial polyps in the uterine fundus with a maximum diameter of 20 mm. Dissection revealed an intramural tumorous development of 52 x 32 mm, which bulged into the endometrial cavity, with a smooth cut surface and somewhat elastic consistency and yellowish coloration (Figure 1(b)). Microscopically, it was almost entirely comprised of mature adipocytes occasionally defined by fibrous tracts containing capillary vessels (Figure 1(c)).