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Abstract
Case Report
A case of pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma from the uterus
Johsuke Hara1) Kouichi Nishi1) Yoshio Tsunezuka2) Hiroshi Kurumaya3) Kazuyoshi Katayanagi3) Masaki Fujimura4)
1)Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital 2)Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital 3)Department of Pathology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital 4)Respiratory Medicine, Cellular Transplantation Biology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine
ABSTRACT
We report here a case of pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) from the uterus. A 48-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of multiple pulmonary nodules on the chest radiograph 7 years after total hysterectomy with removal of the left ovarium for uterine leiomyoma. A specimen of the lesion obtained by a thoracoscopic lung biopsy was consistent with leiomyoma. Histological re-evaluation of the uterine myoma showed similar histology as compared with the lung tumor. Immunohistological staining for both estrogen and progesterone receptors on the lung tissue was positive. Based on these results, we diagnosed the pulmonary lesions as BML. The patient received no treatment and has shown no evidence of exacerbation of disease during 6 years of follow up.
KEYWORDS
Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma Uterine leiomyoma
Received 平成23年1月7日
JJRS, 49(9): 658-662, 2011
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