Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma

Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma
Elizabeth A. Montgomery, MD
Hematoxylin & eosin show a well-marginated lung nodule detected in a woman with a remote history of a uterine leiomyoma. A vascular wall image can be seen.
Hematoxylin & eosin shows the margin between this bland smooth muscle lesion and the surrounding lung. A compressed vessel wall surrounds the lesion image.
TERMINOLOGY
Abbreviations
  • Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML)
Definitions
  • Rare lesion usually typified by multiple benignappearing smooth muscle neoplasms of lung in women with coexisting or past uterine leiomyoma
    • Subset associated with intravenous leiomyomatosis
CLINICAL ISSUES
Epidemiology
  • Incidence
    • Rare
  • Age
    • Late reproductive years
  • Gender
    • Exclusively female
Jul 9, 2016 | Posted by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE | Comments Off on Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma

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