Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis of the lungs presenting a miliary pattern

Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Nov;98(5):e113-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.057. Epub 2014 Oct 30.

Abstract

Benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis is a very rare and significantly interesting pathology of the lungs. It is a challenge to clinicians when presenting a miliary pattern in preoperative radiologic imaging because it could be any other interstitial disease or infectious in etiology such as miliary tuberculosis. We report a case of innumerable tiny nodular densities spread evenly throughout both lungs in a patient with history of hysterectomy for a fibroid uterus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Leiomyomatosis / diagnosis*
  • Leiomyomatosis / surgery
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pneumonectomy / methods*
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery