A Rare Cause of Hemoptysis: Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma A Case Report
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VOLUME: 6 ISSUE: 3
P: 172 - 174
December 2005

A Rare Cause of Hemoptysis: Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma A Case Report

1. SSK Vakıf Gureba Hospital, Department of Pulmonology, Istanbul, Turkey
2. SSK Süreyyapaşa Hospital for Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Pulmonology, Istanbul, Turkey
3. SSK Vakıf Gureba Hospital, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Accepted Date: 12.10.2021
Online Date: 12.10.2021
Publish Date: 12.10.2021
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Abstract

Leiomyoma is a rare benign neoplasm composed of smooth musc¬le; it occurs mostly in the uterine corpus but may also be encoun¬tered frequently in the wall of the alimentary tract and tracheob¬ronchial tree. A 66-year-old Caucasian woman presented with hemoptysis of ten days duration and progressive dyspnea. The chest roentgenogram revealed multi-cavitary lesions. The patho¬logical examination of bronchoscopic biopsy revealed spindle cell proliferation. The immunohystochemical examination de-monstrated great positivity with actin leading to the diagnosis of benign metastasizing leiomyoma.
 

Keywords:
leiomyoma, multi-cavitary lesions, bronchoscopy