Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma of the Lung with Spontaneous Pneumothorax

A 47-year-old woman was admitted with recurrent pneumothorax. Preoperative chest computed tomography (CT) showed multiple lung nodules and cysts bilaterally. She had undergone enucleatic myomectomy 12 years earlier. Video-associated thoracoscopic biopsy was performed. Histopathologically, there were...

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Autores principales: Okabe, Ryo, Shoji, Tsuyoshi, Huang, Cheng-long
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25360407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1345266
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Sumario:A 47-year-old woman was admitted with recurrent pneumothorax. Preoperative chest computed tomography (CT) showed multiple lung nodules and cysts bilaterally. She had undergone enucleatic myomectomy 12 years earlier. Video-associated thoracoscopic biopsy was performed. Histopathologically, there were bulla-like dilated cystic changes, the walls of which showed spindle cell proliferation, causing pneumothorax. Hormone therapy was started after benign metastasizing leiomyoma resection; pneumothorax has not recurred in 7 months. Multiple residual lung nodules have decreased or disappeared on CT.

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