title: Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis of the lungs presenting a miliary pattern.
abstract: Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis is a very rare and significantly interesting pathology of the lungs. It is a challenge to clinicians when presenting a miliary pattern in preoperative radiologic imaging because it could be any other interstitial disease or infectious in etiology such as miliary tuberculosis. We report a case of innumerable tiny nodular densities spread evenly throughout both lungs in a patient with history of hysterectomy for a fibroid uterus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey. Electronic address: wilcore@optonline.net.
authors.forename: Wilmo C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Orejola
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Ami P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Elie M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Elmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery