• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.735-737
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• 1993

We have experienced a case of leiomyoma in the right upper lobe of the lung in a 56 year old female. Preoperative studies revealed the tumor nature as benign, and we chose right upper lobectomywith video-assisted thoracoscope rather than with the usual posterolateral thoracotomy. Postoperativehistological diagnosis was pulmonary leiomyoma which is a rare type of benign lung tumor.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제58권6호
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• pp.614-618
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• 2005

저자들은 자궁근종으로 자궁적출술을 시행받은 과거력이 있는 35세 여자환자가 우연히 발견된 폐의 다발성 결절을 주소로 내원한 후, 폐 생검을 통하여 양성 전이성 폐 평활근종을 진단받고, 이후 개흉술을 통한 전 결절 제거술을 성공적으로 시행 받은 드문 1예를 경험하였고, 이는 국내에서는 처음 시도된 바이기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.92-96
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• 2006

자궁근종으로 자궁절제술을 시행받은 과거력이 있는 43세 여자가 객혈을 주소로 내원하였다. 컴퓨터단층촬영에서 다발성 폐결절이 발견되어 흉강경하에서 조직검사 시행 후 양성 전이성 폐평활근종을 진단받았다. 폐경 전 환자로 GnRH analogues 치료를 시도하였고 3개월 후 추적검사에서 폐결절의 크기는 이전과 변화가 없는 상태를 확인하였고 객혈도 없는 안정된 상태로 경과 관찰중이다.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.258-259
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• 2007

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma(BML) is a rare condition affecting women with a history of having undergone hysterectomy or myomectomy for a benign uterine fibroid, that is found to have metastasized to extrauterine sites, usually many years after hysterectomy. 1,2) Patient with BML almost always asymptomatic, although if the lesions are large enough, they can cause compressive symptoms. Among several hypothesis of pathogenesis, most plausible theory is that these tumors represent a true metastatic lesion but are very low-grade sarcoma. 3) Because the tumor is responsive to estrogen, menopause and pregnancy have slowed the growth of these lesion 4) and it seems reasonable to perform hysterectomy in patients with a uterine mass and, at the same time, perform oophorectomy for hormonal control. BML is an unusual cause of diffuse pulmonary nodules which should be considered in females with unexplained nodules and a history of surgery for uterine leiomyoma.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.174-177
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• 2011

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare disease, which usually occurs in women with a history of a prior hysterectomy or myomectomy for benign uterine leiomyoma, and has the potential to metastasize to distant sites, such as the lung, lymph nodes, muscular tissue, heart, or retroperitoneum. These lesions are slow-growing, asymptomatic, and usually found incidentally. The prognosis of BML is also excellent. However, there has been debate on the origin and the correct classification of BML, and there are no guidelines for the treatment of BML. We report here on a rare case of BML in both the retroperitoneal cavity and lung in a 48-year-old woman with a history of hysterectomy due to histologically benign uterine leiomyoma. The patient underwent retroperitoneal mass excision and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and then wedge biopsy of two pulmonary nodules was performed additionally 9 days later. Until now, there has been no sign of recurrence and the patient remains asymptomatic. To our knowledge, pulmonary BML is rare and the co-existence of the retroperitoneal metastases after previous hysterectomy is even rarer.

• 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.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.59-63
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• 2017

Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma (PBML) is defined as metastasis of a leiomyoma to lung tissue. It was first reported in 193 7. PBML is known as a benign disease, but can undergo malignant transformation. Only 1 case of the malignant transformation of PBML to leiomyosarcoma has been reported previously. In this report, we present a case of malignant transformation of PBML.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제67권6호
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• pp.551-555
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• 2009

A benign pulmonary metastasizing leiomyoma is a recognized clinical entity that has been infrequently reported in the medical literature. We report two cases of a benign pulmonary metastasizing leiomyoma. A 35-year-old woman who underwent myomectomy and a cesarean section approximately 6 years earlier visited our hospital for further evaluation of incidentally revealed multiple lung nodules. A diagnostic percutaneuous biopsy was performed. Finally she was diagnosed with a benign metastasizing leiomyoma. The patient then received LH-RH and has been followed up since. The other 44-year-old woman presented after an initial radiology evaluation revealed the presence of multiple, small-sized lung nodules. She underwent a right middle lung wedge resection to confirm the diagnosis. Finally she diagnosed with a benign metastasizing leiomyoma. The multiple lung nodules have been followed up closely.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.789-792
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• 2007

양성 전이성 평활근종은 조직학적으로는 양성이나 임상적으로 폐나 다른 장기로 원격전이를 하는 매우 드문 질환이다. 저자들은 10년 전 자궁평활근종 절제술을 시행한 환자의 폐에서 발견된 다발성 결절 일부를 흉강경 수술하에 절제하여 조직학적 및 면역염색검사로 양성 전이성 평활근종임을 진단할 수 있었다. 환자는 수술 후 종양의 크기 변화 및 특이 증상이 없으며 특별한 치료 없이 외래 추적관찰 중이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1444-1447
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• 1992

Leiomyoma, one of the primry benign tumors of the lung, is extremely rare. Few cases reported in the literature suggest that this tumor occurs most commoly in the fourth decade and that over 90 percent of the pulmonary parenchymal leiomyomas occur in women and almost all lesions are found incidentally on chest radiographs. Treatment has been conservative surgery and 65 percent of the reported cases have been managed by lobectomy or pneumonectomy for advanced irreversible lung diseases or unw-areness of the benign nature of the lesion. This report is a case of pulmonary parenchymal leiomyoma in a 46-year-old female patient. She underwent surgical resection and the postoperative result was good.