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Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML): A rare cause of cavitary and cystic pulmonary nodules
Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML) is a rare cause of pulmonary lesions found in reproductive age women who have undergone a hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma. Given the relative rarity of the disease, the management of these lesions varies from surgical (oopherectomy) or medical antiestroge...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26744676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.09.008 |
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author | Jolissaint, Joshua S. Kilbourne, Sarah K. LaFortune, Kristen Patel, Manojkumar Lau, Christine L. |
author_facet | Jolissaint, Joshua S. Kilbourne, Sarah K. LaFortune, Kristen Patel, Manojkumar Lau, Christine L. |
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description | Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML) is a rare cause of pulmonary lesions found in reproductive age women who have undergone a hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma. Given the relative rarity of the disease, the management of these lesions varies from surgical (oopherectomy) or medical antiestrogen hormonal therapy to clinical observation and survelliance. The disease generally presents asymptomatically with multiple, well-defined pulmonary nodules discovered incidentally on imaging. We report an atypical presentation of a 46-year-old woman with incidentally found bilateral pulmonary cavitating nodules and cysts, concerning for lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), who was ultimately diagnosed with BML. |
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spelling | pubmed-46819822016-01-07 Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML): A rare cause of cavitary and cystic pulmonary nodules Jolissaint, Joshua S. Kilbourne, Sarah K. LaFortune, Kristen Patel, Manojkumar Lau, Christine L. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML) is a rare cause of pulmonary lesions found in reproductive age women who have undergone a hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma. Given the relative rarity of the disease, the management of these lesions varies from surgical (oopherectomy) or medical antiestrogen hormonal therapy to clinical observation and survelliance. The disease generally presents asymptomatically with multiple, well-defined pulmonary nodules discovered incidentally on imaging. We report an atypical presentation of a 46-year-old woman with incidentally found bilateral pulmonary cavitating nodules and cysts, concerning for lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), who was ultimately diagnosed with BML. Elsevier 2015-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4681982/ /pubmed/26744676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.09.008 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Jolissaint, Joshua S. Kilbourne, Sarah K. LaFortune, Kristen Patel, Manojkumar Lau, Christine L. Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML): A rare cause of cavitary and cystic pulmonary nodules |
title | Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML): A rare cause of cavitary and cystic pulmonary nodules |
title_full | Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML): A rare cause of cavitary and cystic pulmonary nodules |
title_fullStr | Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML): A rare cause of cavitary and cystic pulmonary nodules |
title_full_unstemmed | Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML): A rare cause of cavitary and cystic pulmonary nodules |
title_short | Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (BML): A rare cause of cavitary and cystic pulmonary nodules |
title_sort | benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis (bml): a rare cause of cavitary and cystic pulmonary nodules |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26744676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.09.008 |
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