title: Benign metastasizing leiomyoma. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare clinical condition predominantly occurring in reproductive women with a history of uterine leiomyoma resection or hysterectomy. Oftentimes, it is easy to be misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor when nodules are found in multiple tissues. In order to raise clinicians' awareness of BML, we present a short review of the literature in combination with an unusual case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
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