Benign Metastasizing Leiomyomatosis Diagnosed by Echocardiography

Nayar, Ambika C.; McAleer, Eileen; Tunick, Paul A.; Applebaum, Robert M.; Colvin, Stephen B.; Kronzon, Itzhak

doi:10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00571.x

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“…Involvement by BML metastases was also noted by Nayar et al. ( 5 ), who described the case of a woman of age 35, status postsurgery for leiomyomatosis with a vascular extension, who was found with multiple metastatic nodules in the lungs and numerous cardiac masses in the right atrium, right ventricle, tricuspid valve, and right pulmonary artery.…”

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Benign metastasizing leiomyoma is a rare condition usually affecting women of reproductive age with a history of uterine leiomyoma and characterized by soft tissue masses in various extrauterine sites. We report a case of a 46-year-old woman with previously resected uterine leiomyoma with subsequent pulmonary and tricuspid valve lesions. ( Level of Difficulty: Intermediate. )

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“…To our knowledge, this is the third case of BML affecting the tricuspid valve ( 5 ), and the ninth case of heart involvement reported in the literature ( 3 , 4 , 6 ). Thukkani et al.…”

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“…Metastatic foci of leiomyoma have been discovered up to 24 years after hysterectomy for benign leiomyoma of the uterus and the average age of presentation is 48 years [7,8]. Although they are most commonly found in the lungs [9,10] they have also been detected in lymph nodes, skin, bones, the retroperitoneum [11], heart [12], brain [13], and the major vessels [14] and even bones [15]. The pulmonary lesions tend to be bilateral, multiple, nodular, and well-circumscribed and do not display contrast enhancement on CT.…”

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Leiomyomas beyond the uterus; benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis with paraaortic metastasizing endometriosis and intravenous leiomyomatosis: a case series and review of the literature

Mahmoud

Desai

Nezhat

2014

Arch Gynecol Obstet

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Uterine leiomyomas affect 20-30 % of women 35 years and older. Extrauterine leiomyomas are rare and present a greater diagnostic challenge. Those unusual growth patterns occur more often in women of reproductive age with a history of hysterectomy or surgery for uterine leiomyomas. They have been reported in the literature in case reports and small case series and include benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML), disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis, intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL), parasitic leiomyomas, and retroperitoneal growth. In this case series we present a case of BML with a first report of concomitant endometriosis metastasis to paraaortic lymphnodes, and a case of IVL. The findings and surgical management of those cases, as well as a review of the literature pertinent to those entities, are also presented.

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“…BML is a rarely described condition of the women aged 35-55 years old, occurring years after hysterectomy. The most common site of metastasis is lung [5], although cases have been reported with involvement of lymph nodes, heart, skull [6], spine [7], and retroperitoneum [8]. It appears that the tumor metastasizes to lungs and other extrauterine tissues via hematogenous spread [9].…”

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Benign Metastasizing Uterine Leiomyoma: Case Report with Review of the Literature

Wafaa¹

2020

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Benign metastasizing leiomyoma is a rare disorder involving distant metastases secondary to a smooth muscle tumor of the myometrium. Oftentimes, it is easy to be misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor when nodules are found in multiple tissues. In most cases, there is a previous history of total abdominal hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma. However, the pathogenesis of this disease has not yet been elucidated. In order to raise clinicians’ awareness of BML, we present a short review of the literature in combination with an unusual case.

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Benign Metastasizing Leiomyomatosis Diagnosed by Echocardiography

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Leiomyomas beyond the uterus; benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis with paraaortic metastasizing endometriosis and intravenous leiomyomatosis: a case series and review of the literature

Benign Metastasizing Uterine Leiomyoma: Case Report with Review of the Literature

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