Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma of the Lung with Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Abstract A 47-year-old woman was admitted with recurrent pneumothorax. Preoperative chest computed tomography (CT) showed multiple lung nodules and cysts bilaterally. She had undergone enucleatic myomectomy 12 years earlier. Video-associated thoracoscopic biopsy was performed. Histopathologically, t...
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2013-04-01
|
Series: | The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0033-1345266 |
Summary: | Abstract
A 47-year-old woman was admitted with recurrent pneumothorax. Preoperative chest computed tomography (CT) showed multiple lung nodules and cysts bilaterally. She had undergone enucleatic myomectomy 12 years earlier. Video-associated thoracoscopic biopsy was performed. Histopathologically, there were bulla-like dilated cystic changes, the walls of which showed spindle cell proliferation, causing pneumothorax. Hormone therapy was started after benign metastasizing leiomyoma resection; pneumothorax has not recurred in 7 months. Multiple residual lung nodules have decreased or disappeared on CT. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 2194-7635 2194-7643 |