Benign metastasizing leiomyomas to the Lungs: An Institutional Case Series and a Review of the Recent Literature

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 455-458

  Miller, Jordan ^a,b   Shoni, Melina ^a,b   Siegert, Charles ^a,b   Lebenthal, Abraham ^a,b   Godleski, John ^a,b   McNamee, Ciaran ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Leiomyomas; Lung; Tumours

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MENOPAUSE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MITOSIS RATE; MYOMECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 9644252885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.05.107     Document Type: Article

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