title: Disseminated leiomyomatosis peritonealis: report of a case in a postmenopausal woman.
abstract: Disseminated leiomyomatosis peritonealis (DLP) is a rare condition that to date has been reported only in premenopausal women. The author reports a case of DPL occurring in a postmenopausal woman who had undergone total hysterectomy 30 years before and had received no hormonal therapy subsequently. The lesions were multiple and consisted of smooth-muscle cells that proliferated from medium-sized blood vessels. The author concludes that the patient's lesions likely represent a histologic variant of DLP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008593:Menopause; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*