Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma: report of three cases

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma is very rare and usually occurs in women who undergo hysterectomy and myomectomy for uterine leiomyoma. This is a benign spindle-shaped smooth muscle cell tumor pathologically but metastasizes to the extrauterine organs. Lungs are the most common site of metastasis. We...

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Autores principales: Jeon, Hyun Woo, Choi, Soo Hwan, Sung, Sook Whan, Park, Jae Kil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24139514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-11-281
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Sumario:Benign metastasizing leiomyoma is very rare and usually occurs in women who undergo hysterectomy and myomectomy for uterine leiomyoma. This is a benign spindle-shaped smooth muscle cell tumor pathologically but metastasizes to the extrauterine organs. Lungs are the most common site of metastasis. We observed three cases of pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma.

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