Benign pulmonary metastasizing leiomyomatosis in pregnancy: A rare complication after cesarean section

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 770-772

  Nardo, Luciano S ^a,b   Iyer, Lalita ^a   Reginald, Philip W ^a  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; Cesarean section; Uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN PULMONARY METASTASIZING LEIOMYOMATOSIS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042347870     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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