Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis of the lungs presenting a miliary pattern.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.057.
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Abstract
Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis is a very rare and significantly interesting pathology of the lungs. It is a challenge to clinicians when presenting a miliary pattern in preoperative radiologic imaging because it could be any other interstitial disease or infectious in etiology such as miliary tuberculosis. We report a case of innumerable tiny nodular densities spread evenly throughout both lungs in a patient with history of hysterectomy for a fibroid uterus.
Medical subject headings
- Leiomyomatosis
- Lung Neoplasms
- Pneumonectomy
- Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
- Uterine Neoplasms