Benign metastasizing leiomyoma: A case report andliterature review / 中南大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) often occurs in women with a history of uterine leiomyoma at the childbearing age. At the same time, BML cases with multiple sites of metastatic lesions are extremely rare. A BML patient with multiple metastases of uterine leiomyoma in two lung and lumbar spine after surgery was admitted to Department of Spinal Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University in September 2017. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) can perform a whole body examination for BML patients, which can find metastases in many parts of the body such as lung, abdominal cavity, pelvic cavity and spine. The PET/CT results are helpful to a comprehensive diagnosis. The imaging and clinical features of BML are now explored in combination with the characteristics of the case and relevant literature reports.