Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma: A report of 2 cases with different outcomes

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 715-718

  Benetti Pinto, Cristina Laguna ^a,b   Soares, Patrícia Magda ^a   Petta, Carlos Alberto ^a   De Angelo Andrade, Liliana A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma; Leiomyoma; Oophorectomy; Raloxifene

Indexed keywords

RALOXIFENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY BENIGN METASTASIZING LEIOMYOMA; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 33749155223     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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