Benign metastatic
leiomyomatosis (BML) is a
rare disease characterized by
smooth muscle cell proliferation in extrauterine sites including the
lung ,
abdomen ,
pelvis , and retroperitoneum. Depending on
location , BML is classified as intravenous
leiomyomatosis and diffuse peritoneal
leiomyomatosis . Pathogenesis of BML can be iatrogenic after previous
myomectomy or
hysterectomy , hormonal, or coelomic
metaplasia .
Treatment options are
observation , hormonal
suppression , and/or surgical debulking via
laparotomy or
laparoscopy .
Laparoscopic surgery is gaining in popularity in the gynecologic field compared to laparotomic
surgery and single-port
laparoscopy has the benefits of cosmesis and early
tissue extraction by transumbilical
morcellation . We
report a 39-year-old
woman with BML
who underwent single-port
laparoscopy debulking
surgery .