Leiomyosarcoma: Lung Metastasis

Uterine leiomyosarcoma distant metastasis is common, and lung metastasis has been reported. However, unique cases have been identified either with late onset of metastatic disease or with large size of lung metastasis. A typical approach to avoid metastasis would be a hysterectomy. Nonetheless, meta...

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Published inCurēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 15; no. 1; p. e34373
Main Authors Makhoul, Karim, Miller, Daniel, Ilyas, Usman, Hosna, Asma, Baig, Muhammad A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Springer Nature B.V 01.01.2023
Cureus
Subjects
Abdomen
Asymptomatic
Chemotherapy
Disease
Dyspnea
Hematology
Hospitals
Hysterectomy
Internal medicine
Lung cancer
Lungs
Medical prognosis
Medicine
Metastasis
Patients
Pulmonology
Radiation therapy
Radiology
Smooth muscle
Tomography
Tumors
Uterine cancer
Uterus
New York
United States > US
leiomyosarcoma
lung metastasis
pleural effusion
uterine cancer
hydronephrosis
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Summary:Uterine leiomyosarcoma distant metastasis is common, and lung metastasis has been reported. However, unique cases have been identified either with late onset of metastatic disease or with large size of lung metastasis. A typical approach to avoid metastasis would be a hysterectomy. Nonetheless, metastatic recurrence is common. We encountered a case at our hospital with leiomyosarcoma metastatic to the lungs. Lung metastasis was noted to be 17 cm in diameter. This size has not yet been reported in the literature to the best of our knowledge.
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ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.34373