title: Benign metastasizing leiomyoma of the cervical spine 31 years after uterine leiomyoma resection.
abstract: We report a 74-year-old woman presenting with a leiomyoma of the cervical spine 31 years after uterine leiomyoma resection. Benign metastasizing leiomyoma to the cervical spine is very rare. To the best of our knowledge, this is the fourth reported patient with a leiomyoma metastasizing to the cervical spine and that with the longest latency period for this type of tumor, 31 years. The pathological features were typical of leiomyoma.
authors.affiliation: Miami Neurosurgical Center, South Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Aldo F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Berti
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 8300 Floyd Curl Drive MSC 7883, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. Electronic address: alejandrosantillanmd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santillan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 8300 Floyd Curl Drive MSC 7883, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Velasquez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Cervical spine; Leiomyoma; Metastasis