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| Keywords: Leiomyoma of the Uterus.jpg en This hysterectomy specimen shows a large solitary leiomyoma in the fundus distoring the endometrial cavity into a Y shape by splaying and pressing it downwards Because of its unusual appearance solitary bright yellow and soft I was worried about its being a leiomyosarcoma All of the numerous sections I took however showed an utterly bland neoplasm with no mitotic activity It does make a colorful subject for the camera The photo was taken with a Nikon FE2 on Kodak Elite daylight film ISO 100 with blue filter to compensate for the tungsten illumination The specimen was formalin-fixed but later soaked in 70 alcohol to return some of the native coloration Alcohol also helps to partially dehydrate the specimen so that after blotting the cut surface right before taking the photo essentially all the distracting highlights can be eliminated http //web2 airmail net/uthman/specimens/index html 2000-05-13 Ed Uthman MD Ed Uthman Focal length Gross pathology of neoplasms Uterine fibroids Taken with Nikon FE2 | ||||
