Liu Shuangjiao, Zhou Wenming, Fu Weidong
Department of Radiology, YueYang Central Hospital, Hunan Province, China.
Curr Med Imaging. 2022;18(9):996-999. doi: 10.2174/1573405618666220325094428.
Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare disease and mostly affects females with a history of uterine leiomyoma, and particularly the presence of multiple leiomyomas in BML patients is extremely rare.
This paper reported the clinical and imaging data of a BML patient with multiple leiomyomas involving bilateral pulmonary, mediastinum, pericardium, spine, peritoneum, and left thigh. Multiple BML lesions exhibited consistent imaging examinations, significantly improving the delayed phase enhancement. After multi-stage targeted therapy for multiple systemic metastases and the development of drug resistance, the patient was treated with hysterectomy and bilateral adnexectomy along with letrozole-based endocrine therapy. BML lesions, both pulmonary and mediastinum, became significantly smaller than before.
This paper aims to analyze the imaging and clinical features of multiple leiomyomas in this BML case, thus strengthening the understanding of the rare type of leiomyoma for effective preoperative diagnosis and clinical treatment. Furthermore, it is noteworthy that gynecologists should avoid the manifestation of BML when performing uterine fibroids surgery.
良性转移性平滑肌瘤(BML)是一种罕见疾病,主要影响有子宫平滑肌瘤病史的女性,尤其是BML患者中存在多发平滑肌瘤的情况极为罕见。
本文报道了一名BML患者的临床和影像资料,该患者的多发平滑肌瘤累及双侧肺、纵隔、心包、脊柱、腹膜及左大腿。多个BML病灶在影像检查中表现一致,延迟期强化明显改善。在针对多发全身转移及耐药情况进行多阶段靶向治疗后,患者接受了子宫切除术及双侧附件切除术,并联合来曲唑内分泌治疗。肺部及纵隔的BML病灶明显缩小。
本文旨在分析该BML病例中多发平滑肌瘤的影像及临床特征,从而加强对这种罕见类型平滑肌瘤的认识,以实现有效的术前诊断和临床治疗。此外,值得注意的是,妇科医生在进行子宫肌瘤手术时应避免BML的发生。