title: [A rare cause of pulmonary metastasis: benign metastazing leiomyoma].
abstract: The authors report a rare cause of pulmonary metastasis of a benign tumor, uterine leiomyoma, observed in a black African woman. Plain chest radiograph showed multiple pulmonary nodules. These features were confirmed at CT. Transbronchial and surgical lung biopsies were consistent with pulmonary metastases from benign uterine leiomyoma. Hormonal treatment was instituted and resulted in regression of nearly all lesions at one year. Benign metastazing leiomyoma is a rare condition, in spite of the high rate of uterine leiomyoma in black African women.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, CHU de Yopougon, Abidjan, France.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: N'gbesso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ould Beddi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ould Isselmou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coulibaly
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kéita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Une étiologie rare de métastases pulmonaires: le léiomyome bénin métastasiant.