Benign metastasizing leiomyoma: clinical, imaging, and pathologic correlation

S Abramson; R C Gilkeson; J D Goldstein; P K Woodard; R Eisenberg; N Abramson

doi:10.2214/ajr.176.6.1761409

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma: clinical, imaging, and pathologic correlation

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001 Jun;176(6):1409-13. doi: 10.2214/ajr.176.6.1761409.

Authors

S Abramson¹, R C Gilkeson, J D Goldstein, P K Woodard, R Eisenberg, N Abramson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.

PMID: 11373202
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.176.6.1761409

Abstract

Objective: We describe the clinical presentation and the radiographic and CT findings of benign metastasizing leiomyoma.

Conclusion: Benign metastasizing leiomyoma is an asymptomatic disease characterized by well-defined, numerous, pulmonary lesions without a preponderant distribution.

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Hysterectomy
Leiomyoma / diagnostic imaging*
Leiomyoma / pathology*
Lung / pathology
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Uterine Neoplasms / pathology
Uterine Neoplasms / surgery