Multiple benign metastasizing leiomyomas in the pelvic lymph nodes and biceps muscle: report of a case.
A 47-year-old woman with an earlier history of uterine leiomyoma suffered from multiple recurrent tumors in the retroperitoneal lymph nodes and biceps muscle of the right upper arm. The woman with a right lower abdominal tumor was referred to our hospital. An abdominal computed tomography scan revealed two round nodules with well-defined margins in the retroperitoneum in the pelvis, and echography revealed a similar nodule in the biceps of the right upper arm. A biopsy of the abdominal retroperitoneal tumor demonstrated benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML). An extirpation of the abdominal tumors was therefore performed. After the operation, false climacteric medical treatment was performed for 3 years and no recurrence has since been observed. This is the first reported case of multiple BML in the lymph nodes and muscle occurring simultaneously.
Department of Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Masayuki
M
Tori
Hiroki
H
Akamatsu
Shin
S
Mizutani
Katsuhide
K
Yoshidome
Tsukasa
T
Oyama
Shigeyuki
S
Ueshima
Masahiko
M
Tsujimoto
Masaaki
M
Nakahara
D001132:Arm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*