Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma: A Rare Cause of Multiple Pulmonary Nodules Aparna S. Rege, MD, Justin A. Snyder, DO, Walter J. Scott, MD, FACS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 93, Issue 6, Pages e149-e151 (June 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.047 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Computed tomographic scan of 11 mm × 7 mm right upper lobe lung nodule. (B) Computed tomographic scan of 6 mm × 8 mm right upper lobe lung nodule. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, e149-e151DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.047) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Repeated computed tomographic scan at 4 months. (B) Repeated computed tomographic scan at 6 months. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, e149-e151DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.047) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 (A) Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) in the lung with entrapped bronchoalveolar epithelium. (B) BML in the lung. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, e149-e151DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.047) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Benign metastasizing leiomyoma in the lung showing strong nuclear positivity for estrogen receptor. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, e149-e151DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.047) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Benign metastasizing leiomyoma in the lung showing positivity for desmin. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, e149-e151DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.047) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 6 Benign metastasizing leiomyoma in the lung with entrapped bronchoalveolar epithelium showing smooth-muscle actin and TTF-1 positivity. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, e149-e151DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.047) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions