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Incidental detection of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in asymptomatic female
Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare finding of histologically benign smooth muscle tumors in extrauterine locations, most commonly the lungs. We report a case of BML found incidentally on pre-operative imaging in a 42-year-old patient. BML is found in premenopausal women with a history of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10316221/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37405365 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JCIS_37_2023 |
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author | Zazulak, Hannah E. Single, Meghan O’Herron, Timothy Thompson, Joel P. |
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description | Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare finding of histologically benign smooth muscle tumors in extrauterine locations, most commonly the lungs. We report a case of BML found incidentally on pre-operative imaging in a 42-year-old patient. BML is found in premenopausal women with a history of leiomyoma and, often, hysterectomy. As in our case, the metastatic pulmonary nodules are not hypermetabolic on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron emission tomography/computed tomography. BML may be clinically malignant or asymptomatic. Since the imaging appearance of BML simulates metastatic disease of more malignant etiology, awareness of its multimodality imaging appearance and presentation can aid in diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-103162212023-07-04 Incidental detection of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in asymptomatic female Zazulak, Hannah E. Single, Meghan O’Herron, Timothy Thompson, Joel P. J Clin Imaging Sci Diagnostic Radiology Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare finding of histologically benign smooth muscle tumors in extrauterine locations, most commonly the lungs. We report a case of BML found incidentally on pre-operative imaging in a 42-year-old patient. BML is found in premenopausal women with a history of leiomyoma and, often, hysterectomy. As in our case, the metastatic pulmonary nodules are not hypermetabolic on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron emission tomography/computed tomography. BML may be clinically malignant or asymptomatic. Since the imaging appearance of BML simulates metastatic disease of more malignant etiology, awareness of its multimodality imaging appearance and presentation can aid in diagnosis. Scientific Scholar 2023-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10316221/ /pubmed/37405365 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JCIS_37_2023 Text en © 2023 Published by Scientific Scholar on behalf of Journal of Clinical Imaging Science https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Diagnostic Radiology Zazulak, Hannah E. Single, Meghan O’Herron, Timothy Thompson, Joel P. Incidental detection of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in asymptomatic female |
title | Incidental detection of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in asymptomatic female |
title_full | Incidental detection of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in asymptomatic female |
title_fullStr | Incidental detection of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in asymptomatic female |
title_full_unstemmed | Incidental detection of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in asymptomatic female |
title_short | Incidental detection of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in asymptomatic female |
title_sort | incidental detection of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in asymptomatic female |
topic | Diagnostic Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10316221/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37405365 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JCIS_37_2023 |
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