Malignant Transformation of Pulmonary Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma

Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma (PBML) is defined as metastasis of a leiomyoma to lung tissue. It was first reported in 1937. P BML is known as a benign disease, but can undergo malignant transformation. Only 1 case of the malignant transformation of PBML to leiomyosarcoma has been reported...

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Autores principales: Song, Kyung Sub, Keum, Dong Yoon, Hwang, Il Seon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5295487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28180107
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.1.59
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description Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma (PBML) is defined as metastasis of a leiomyoma to lung tissue. It was first reported in 1937. P BML is known as a benign disease, but can undergo malignant transformation. Only 1 case of the malignant transformation of PBML to leiomyosarcoma has been reported previously. In this report, we present a case of malignant transformation of PBML.
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spelling pubmed-52954872017-02-08 Malignant Transformation of Pulmonary Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma Song, Kyung Sub Keum, Dong Yoon Hwang, Il Seon Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Case Report Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma (PBML) is defined as metastasis of a leiomyoma to lung tissue. It was first reported in 1937. P BML is known as a benign disease, but can undergo malignant transformation. Only 1 case of the malignant transformation of PBML to leiomyosarcoma has been reported previously. In this report, we present a case of malignant transformation of PBML. The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017-02 2017-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5295487/ /pubmed/28180107 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.1.59 Text en Copyright © 2017 by The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights Reserved. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Malignant Transformation of Pulmonary Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma
title_sort malignant transformation of pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5295487/
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