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An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Nodules in the Emergency Department
Joint Authors
Source
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-02-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We report a 51-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with left-sided pleuritic chest pain 2 weeks after subtotal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for a leiomyomatous uterus.
Computed tomography scan of the chest revealed bilateral pulmonary nodules.
Biopsy showed cytologically bland spindle cells without overt malignant features.
Immunohistochemistry confirmed smooth muscle phenotype, in keeping with a clinicopathologic diagnosis of benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML).
BML does not frequently come to the attention of the emergency physician because it is rare and usually asymptomatic.
When symptomatic, its clinical presentation depends on the site(s) of metastasis, number, and size of the smooth muscle tumors.
Emergent presentations of BML are reviewed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yu, Ryan& Ferri, Melanie. 2015. An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Nodules in the Emergency Department. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058447
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yu, Ryan& Ferri, Melanie. An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Nodules in the Emergency Department. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058447
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yu, Ryan& Ferri, Melanie. An Unusual Cause of Pulmonary Nodules in the Emergency Department. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058447
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1058447