Benign metastasizing leiomyoma presenting as multiple cystic pulmonary nodules: a case report

• Main Authors: Yeong Hun Choe (Author), So Yeon Jeon (Author), Yoon Chae Lee (Author), Myung Ja Chung (Author), Seung Yong Park (Author), Yong Chul Lee (Author), So Ri Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Benign metastatic leiomyoma (BML) is an extremely rare disease. Although uterine leiomyomas are benign histologically, they can metastasize to distant sites. While the incidence is very low, the lung is the organ most frequently affected by BML. Pulmonary BML usually presents as...