title: Serial spread of benign metastasizing leiomyoma to the thoracic spine.
abstract: Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare condition due to a histologically benign smooth muscle tumour originating from a uterine leiomyoma. It rarely affects the spine to cause spinal cord compression. Here we report a patient with serial metastases to the thoracic spine causing neurological compromise. The rapid spread of BML in this patient illustrates an aggressive manifestation of a usually benign indolent tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, John Hunter Hospital, 1 Lookout Road, New Lambton, New South Wales 2305, Australia. sujenjayakody@gmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jayakody
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*