Benign metastasizing leiomyoma

被引：15

作者：

Sapmaz, Feride ^{[1
]}

Ergin, Makbule ^{[2
]}

Katrancioglu, Ozgur ^{[1
]}

Gonlugur, Tanseli ^{[3
]}

Gonlugur, Ugur ^{[4
]}

Elagoz, Sahende ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Sivas State Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Sivas, Turkey

[2] Gaziosmanpasa Univ, Dept Thorac Surg, Tokat, Turkey

[3] Canakkale State Hosp, Dept Chest Dis, Canakkale, Turkey

[4] Onsekiz Mart Univ, Dept Chest Dis, Canakkale, Turkey

[5] Cumhuriyet Univ, Dept Pathol, Sivas, Turkey

来源：

LUNG | 2008年 / 186卷 / 04期

关键词：

leiomyoma; lung neoplasms; secondary; neoplasm metastasis;

D O I：

10.1007/s00408-008-9084-8

中图分类号：

R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];

学科分类号：

摘要：

A 41-year-old woman presented with chest pain and a cough. There was a solitary pulmonary nodule in the upper-left lobe. The patient had no history of neoplasm except a hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma five years before. Six months after the first presentation, the tumor showed a gradual increase in size; an explorative thoracotomy was performed. The histopathologic examination showed a tumor consisting of well-differentiated spindle-shaped cells with intervening collagen. She was readmitted 8 months after the operation because of right-sided spontaneous pneumothorax. Multiple pulmonary nodules appeared when the lung was re-expanded by chest tube drainage. In conclusion, uterine leiomyomas can metastasize to various organs, such as lungs, despite having a benign pathologic appearance.

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