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ArticleBMJ case reports2022

Benign metastasising leiomyoma: a rare disease and a diagnostic challenge.

Mingyue Li, Ai Xin Lee, Wai Loong Wong, Kim Teng Tan

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mingyue LiObstetrics and Gynaecology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore mingyue.li@mohh.com.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-8773
Ai Xin LeeMinistry of Health Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2993-9711
Wai Loong WongObstetrics and Gynaecology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
Kim Teng TanO&G, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8541-6704
KK Women's and Children's Hospital · SGMinistry of Health · SG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Benign metastasising leiomyoma (BML) is a rare tumour characterised by extrauterine metastasis of histologically benign leiomyomas. We present a case of BML with pulmonary involvement. A 49-year-old woman presented with large pelviabdominal masses complicated by gross abdominal and lower limb swelling 6 years following open myomectomy. Preoperative CT imaging showed pelviabdominal masses and multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules. Initial impression was that of a stage 4 gynaecological malignancy. Palliative total hysterectomy bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed. Histopathology confirmed benign uterine leiomyomas. Biopsy of pulmonary nodules showed benign leiomyomas, strongly positive for oestrogen and progesterone receptors. Definitive diagnosis of BML was made on histopathology and immunohistochemistry. The patient declined letrozole treatment as she had just undergone bilateral oophorectomy. She opted for conservative monitoring of her lung nodules. CT imaging 7 months postsurgery showed disease regression. She will require long-term surveillance scans to detect disease progression.

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LeiomyomaLung NeoplasmsMultiple Pulmonary NodulesUterine NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedRare DiseasesObstetrics, gynaecology and fertilityPathology

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