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.
Tori
Masayuki
M
Department of Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Akamatsu
Hiroki
H
Mizutani
Shin
S
Yoshidome
Katsuhide
K
Oyama
Tsukasa
T
Ueshima
Shigeyuki
S
Tsujimoto
Masahiko
M
Nakahara
Masaaki
M
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*