Tuberc Respir Dis.
2005 Jun;58(6):614-618.
A Case of Benign Metastasizing Pulmonary Leiomyoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea. minny@nhimc.or.kr
- 2Department of Family medicine, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
- 3Department of Chest Surgery, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
- 4Department of Anatomical Pathology, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
- 5Department of Radiology, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Abstract
- A benign metastasizing pulmonary leiomyoma (BMPL) is a rare disease that usually occurs in women with a prior or coincident history of uterine leiomyoma. Although leiomyoma is histologically benign, it has the potential to metastasize to a distant site such as the lung. A 35 year old woman who had undergone a hysterectomy due to uterine leiomyoma 5 years prior was admitted for an investigation of multiple pulmonary nodules on a routine chest roentgenogram. An open lung biopsy was taken to make a pathological diagnosis. The microscopic finding of the nodules was leiomyoma and was similar to those of the uterine leiomyoma that had been resected 5 years ago. The woman underwent wedge resections of all pulmonary nodules. This is the first case of BMPL in Korea, which was treated with wedge resections of all multiple pulmonary nodules.
