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      <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Medical Case Reports</JournalTitle>
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      <Volume-Issue>Volume 2; Issue 2</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>(Mar-Apr, 2021)</Season>
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      <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue>
      <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA>
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        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Medical Case Reports</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>Spongy, Nongravid Uterine Fibroid Due to Hydropic Change: Case Report and Review</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
      <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA>
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      <LastPage>7</LastPage>
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          <FirstName>Yahia F</FirstName>
          <LastName>Dajani</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Ali M</FirstName>
          <LastName>Akilah</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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      <Abstract>We report unique regressive changes in a large, non-gravid uterine leiomyoma of a 32 year old lady who, before 2015, had had seven recurrent spontaneous, alternating with assisted pregnancies, over a 7-year period (2008-1015 AD). In formalin-fixed status, cut surface of the leiomyoma showed a sponge-like appearance. Pathogenesis of resultant degenerative changes in respect of repeated hormonal hits is discussed, together with review of the literature. To our knowledge, such extreme multi-cystic change in leiomyoma with spongy appearance has not been previously reported.</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>Non-Gravid Uterine Leiomyoma,Multi-Cystic Change,Diverse Hormonal Hits</Keywords>
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