Vatansever Dogan, Sozen Hamdullah, Iyibozkurt A Cem, Comba Cihan, Yavuz Ekrem, Topuz Samet
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2015 May;41(5):823-7. doi: 10.1111/jog.12628. Epub 2014 Dec 10.
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a very rare disease that primarily affects the lungs. The atypical smooth muscle cells in these tumors stain both with smooth muscle markers and melanocytic markers characteristically like their counterparts in other members of the PEComa family. Extrapulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis, especially without pulmonary involvement, is extremely rare. The clinical importance of lymphangioleiomyomatosis lies in the fact that it may mimic other malignant diseases, such as lymphoma or sarcoma. Here, we report a case of extrapulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis without involvement of the lungs, in a patient pre-diagnosed as having lymphoma metastasized to the uterus or uterine sarcoma.
淋巴管平滑肌瘤病是一种非常罕见的疾病,主要影响肺部。这些肿瘤中的非典型平滑肌细胞既表达平滑肌标志物,也表达黑素细胞标志物,这一特征与PEComa家族其他成员的肿瘤细胞相似。肺外淋巴管平滑肌瘤病,尤其是无肺部受累的情况极为罕见。淋巴管平滑肌瘤病的临床重要性在于它可能会与其他恶性疾病,如淋巴瘤或肉瘤相混淆。在此,我们报告一例无肺部受累的肺外淋巴管平滑肌瘤病病例,该患者最初被诊断为淋巴瘤转移至子宫或子宫肉瘤。