Multiple Pulmonary Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma.
- Author:
Joon Kyung CHUN
1
;
Kyo Seon LEE
;
Kook Ju NA
;
Sang Yun SONG
;
Byoung Hee AHN
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School. kjna1125@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung neoplasms;
Neoplasm metastasis;
Leiomyoma
- MeSH:
Collagen;
Diagnosis;
Estrogens;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Leiomyoma*;
Lung;
Lung Neoplasms;
Middle Aged;
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules;
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Premenopause;
Receptors, Progesterone;
Thorax;
Uterine Myomectomy;
Uterus
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2007;40(11):789-792
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report here a case of pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma from the uterus in a 45 year old woman. The patient presented for investigation of multiple pulmonary nodules on a routine chest roentgenogram. The patient had undergone uterine myomectomy due to uterine leiomyoma 10 years earlier. We performed thoracoscopic wedge resection for definitive diagnosis. Histologically, spindle shaped smooth muscle cells appeared between collagen stroma, histology similar to that seen in uterine myoma. The tumor tissue tested positive for estrogen and progesterone receptors. The pathological findings were consistent with benign metastasizing leiomyoma. The patient was in pre-menopause. She received no specific treatment for lung tumors, and we did not found any changes in the lesions after one year follow up without any medication.
