BENIGN METASTASIZING LEIOMYOMA IN AN ELDERLY FEMALE, A CASE REPORT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Hanan Alrammah, ,Abdelhaleem Bella,Internal Medicine Resident, King Fahad Hospital Of The University, Iau ,Hind Alsaif,Sara Alhajiri

doi:10.21474/ijar01/7658

Abstract

14Sep 2018 BENIGN METASTASIZING LEIOMYOMA IN AN ELDERLY FEMALE, A CASE REPORT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. Hanan Alrammah , Sara AlHajiri , Abdelhaleem Bella and Hind Alsaif. Medical Intern, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU). Internal Medicine Resident, King Fahad Hospital of the University, IAU. Department of Medicine, RCSI-Bahrain. 4 Department of Radiology, college of medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Highlights

Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma (BML) is a rare disease mostly seen among women in the fertile period with a previous history or coincidental finding of uterine leiomyoma
We report a case of pulmonary BML from the uterus in a 73-year-old woman who Keywords:Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma, lung nodules, uterine leiomyoma
Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma (BML) is a rare disease mostly encountered in females of reproductive age with a previous history or coincidental finding of uterine leiomyoma

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Introduction

Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma (BML) is a rare disease mostly seen among women in the fertile period with a previous history or coincidental finding of uterine leiomyoma. We report a case of pulmonary BML from the uterus in a 73-year-old woman who Keywords:Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma, lung nodules, uterine leiomyoma. Pathological examination of lung biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of BML with a uterine origin, and she was treated with

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