• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2006

Intravenous leiomyomatosis of the uterus is a rare tumor that presents with benign histological features. It is characterized by intravenous proliferation of smooth muscle cells originating from the uterus that sometimes extends to the inferior vena cava and the right heart. It may spread elsewhere, usually to the lung. The first case of intravenous leiomyomatosis was described in 1896 by Birsh-Hirshfeld, and only a few cases have been reported since then. Its pathogenesis and optimal treatment have not yet been established. We report a case of metastasizing leiomyomatosis found to have multiple nodular densities in both lower lung fields seven months after myomectomy. In another case the leiomyomatosis was confined to the pelvis after a laparoscopy assisted vaginal hysterectomy, the patient is alive without evidence of disease. Here we provide a detailed report of two cases of intravenous leiomyomatosis of the uterus with a brief review of the literature.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권11호
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• pp.933-936
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• 2004

정맥내 평활근종증은 자궁근육이나 혈관벽에서 발생한 평활근종이 정맥로를 통해 확장되어, 조직학적으로는 양성이나 임상적으로는 악성 경과를 취하는 매우 드문 질환이다. 종양은 대부분 정맥을 통로로 하공정맥, 우심방, 우심실, 심지어 폐동맥까지 확장되어 우심장의 폐쇄를 일으키면서 증상을 나타내는 것으로 되어 있으나, 매우 드물게 폐전이도 일으키는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 자궁에서 발생한 정맥내 평활근종이 우심실까지 확장되어 우심 폐쇄의 증상과 폐전이를 일으킨 53세의 여자 환자를 수술 치험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권9호
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• pp.640-643
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• 2005

혈관내 평활근종증은 조직학적으로 양성 평활근 세포의 혈관내 성장을 특징으로 하는 드문 종양이다. 저자들은 우심방 신전을 보인 혈관내 평활근종증을 19세 여자 환자에서 치험하였기에 보고하는 바이다. 종양 절제를 위하여 다양한 수술 기법 및 접근 방법들이 보고되었으며 본 환자의 경우 종양을 심폐우회술 없이 개복술만으로 제거하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.190-195
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• 2002

저자들은 과거력상 자궁절제술을 시술받은 환자에서 우연히 발견된 다발성 폐결절을 경피적 폐생검술을 시행하여 폐를 침범한 '양성 전이성 폐 평활근종증' 1예를 경험하였기에 이를 보고하는 바이다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제45권9호
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• pp.1160-1164
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• 2002

저자들은 반복적인 천명과 폐렴을 주소로 내원한 환아에서 식도 평활근종이 동반된 Alport 증후군 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.243-246
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• 2011

A 43-year-old woman was diagnosed with an intravenous leiomyomatosis at a previous hospital and transferred to our hospital to undergo surgical treatment. Emergency one-stage operation for coincidental removal of intra-abdominal, right atrial, and intravenous masses were planned. Upon arriving at the operating room, she suffered a sudden onset of severe dyspnea and showed hemodynamic instability. Intraoperative TEE showed pulmonary embolization of a right atrial mass. Removal of the pulmonary artery mass and the intra-abdominal mass, and the cardiopulmonary bypass were performed without any complications.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.441-444
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• 2005

복강내 종양이 혈관을 통해 전이될 수는 있으나 우심장까지 침범되는 경우는 드물다. 자궁에서 기원하는 정맥내 평활근종증은 매우 드물며 조직학적으로는 양성이지만 임상적으로는 하대 정맥, 우심장 또는 폐동맥의 폐쇄를 동반함으로써 치명적인 결과를 초래할 수 있는 질환이다. 치료 방법은 심폐 순환기를 통한 완전 순환정지하에 종괴를 완전절제하는 것이다. 자궁에서 기원한 정맥내 평활근종증을 개복술과 개심술을 이용해 일차 수술로 성공적으로 치유하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.639-642
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• 1994

A 42-year-old woman with intravenous leiomomatosis that extended into the inferior vena cava and the right atrium is reported. A review of the literature with special comments on the surgical treatment of this rare condition is presented.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.162-167
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• 2020

Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis (DPL) is a very rare benign disease, characterized by multiple solid subperitoneal or peritoneal smooth muscle nodules in abdominopelvic cavity and malignant transformation is extremely rare. Also, uterine smooth muscle tumors of unknown malignant potential (STUMP) is a rare tumor, which is regarded as subclassification in uterine smooth muscle tumors between benign and malignant criteria. Pathogenesis of DPL is uncertain, but increasing evidence of iatrogenic cause including laparoscopic myomectomy has been reported. We report a case of a 28-year-old female with previous history of laparoscopic myomectomy diagnosed with DPL with atypical feature and concurrent uterine STUMP using computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as well as present a review of the literature.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.651-658
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• 2013

Uterine leiomyomas (UL) are extremely common neoplasms in women of reproductive age, and are associated with a variety of characteristic choromosomal aberrations (CAs). The p53 gene has been reported to play a crucial role in suppressing the growth of a variety of cancer cells. Therefore, the present study investigated the effects of CAs and the p53 gene on ULs. We performed cytogenetic analysis by G-banding in 10 cases undergoing myomectomy or hysterectomy. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with a p53 gene probe was also used on interphase nuclei to screen for deletions. In patients, CAs were found in 23.4% of 500 cells analysed, significantly more frequent than in the control group (p<0.001). In the patients, 76% of the abnormalities were structural aberrations (deletions, translocations and breaks), and only 24% were numerical. Deletions were the most common structural aberration observed in CAs. Among these CAs, specific changes in five loci 1q11, 1q42, 2p23, 5q31 and Xp22 have been found in our patients and these changes were not reported previously in UL. The chromosome breaks were more frequent in cases, from high to low, 1, 2, 6, 9, 3, 5, 10 and 12. Chromosome 22, X, 3, 17 and 18 aneuploidy was observed to be the most frequent among all numerical aberrations. We observed a low frequency of p53 losses (2-11%) in our cases. The increased incidence of autosomal deletions, translocations, chromatid breaks and aneuploidy, could contribute to the progression of the disease along with other chromosomal alterations.