Uterine benign-appearing smooth muscle tumor "metastatic" to the lungs: a case report

Tumori. 1990 Oct 31;76(5):513-6. doi: 10.1177/030089169007600521.

Abstract

A case of pulmonary fibroleiomyomatosis secondary to a uterine "metastasizing" leiomyoma, with aspects of vascular invasion, is reported. Although we cannot exclude the existence of primitive pulmonary forms, which we do not consider to be of a hamartomatous nature, we believe that a careful examination of the uterus for the presence of angioinvasive leiomyoma is mandatory.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leiomyoma / pathology*
  • Leiomyoma / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Middle Aged
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*