title: Metastasizing Bronchopulmonary Leiomyosarcoma.
abstract: An otherwise healthy 55-year-old female, nonsmoker, was seen in pulmonary consultation for progressively worsening shortness of breath. She had undergone a complete hysterectomy 7 years prior for bleeding leiomyomas. On presentation, her initial chest X-ray showed a large right-sided pleural effusion with multiple pulmonary nodules. Two thoracenteses failed to reveal any cytologic abnormalities. Bronchoscopy revealed smooth, round, endobronchial lesions. Histologic examination showed features consistent with leiomyosarcoma. We present a rare case of a patient that initially had possible leiomyomas of the uterus surgically removed and years later presented with bronchopulmonary leiomyosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Speros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Livieratos
authors.affiliation: Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Eddie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fatakhov
authors.affiliation: UCLA-Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ammar
authors.affiliation: Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dillard
authors.affiliation: Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davis
keywords: bronchopulmonary; cancer; leiomyosarcoma; metastasizing; pleural fluid; uterine fibroids