Leiomyomatosis in the pelvic lymph node and peritoneum.
This paper is concerned with a rare clinical entity, i.e. leiomyomatosis of pelvic promontory lymph node in a 50-year-old Japanese woman and leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata in a 41-year-old one. Despite such daughter nodules, all of the leiomyomas showed benign histological features. Morphogenesis of the discontinuous leiomyomas was discussed in relation to pelvic endometriosis. Because of a favorable prognosis in the leiomyomatosis, no more aggressive therapy than that necessary to extirpate the tumor is recommended.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*