Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma: case report and review of the literature.
We present a case of a middle-aged woman who was admitted to the hospital for abdominal pain and was found to have multiple nodules on her CT scan. After CT-guided biopsy, we finally diagnosed PBML case. The patient had a very effective response to bilateral oophorectomy and hysterectomy. A brief review of the literature for PBML is also included.
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D055613:Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery