An unusual presentation of pelvic leiomyomatosis misdiagnosed as disseminated malignancy

Case Rep Pathol. 2012:2012:394106. doi: 10.1155/2012/394106. Epub 2012 Nov 11.

Abstract

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) is an exceedingly rare, usually benign condition that clinically simulates a disseminated malignancy, occurring predominantly in women of childbearing age. We present a case of LPD in a postmenopausal woman who had undergone hysterectomy 8 years back for fibroids along with simultaneous presence of pelvic metastasis from breast carcinoma.