Weekly Chest CasesArchive of Old Cases

Case No : 394 Date 2005-05-14

  • Courtesy of Jin Mo Goo, M.D. / Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
  • Age/Sex 42 / F
  • Chief ComplaintBack pain/ Incidental lung nodules The patient has a history of hysterectomy when she was in her twenties.
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Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma
Radiologic Findings
Chest CT scans show multiple nodules in both lungs. Pelvis MR images show a lobulating mass involving right sacrum, iliac bone, gluteus muscle and piriformis muscle. Transthoracic cutting needle lung biopsy and excision of the pelvic mass revealed benign metastasizing leiomyoma.
Brief Review
Refer to case 215.
References
Refer to case 215.
Keywords
Lung, Benign tumor,

No. of Applicants : 35

▶ Correct Answer : 20/35,  57.1%
  • - Ping Tung Christian Hospital,Taiwan Jun-Jun Yeh
  • - Yon sei Univ. Hospital, Korea EunHye Yoo
  • - Beldarrain and Basterrechea Hospital, Donostia, Spain Biurrun
  • - Ev. Krkhs. Hubertus, Berlin, Germany Michael Weber
  • - Kosin University Bokum Hospital Seong Hyup Kim
  • - Seoul National University Hospital, Korea Se Yeong Chung
  • - LIJ, NY Pinar Karakas
  • - Jikei University of Medicine, Japan Shigeki Misumi
  • - Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea Yo Won Choi
  • - Annecy Hospital, France Gilles Genin
  • - Shinmasan Hospital, Korea Kyung Hwa Jung
  • - ASL Bologna Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy Marcellino Burzi
  • - Social Security Hospital, Ankara, Turkey Meric Tuzun
  • - Busan Veterans Hospital, Korea Suhku Huh
  • - Radiologie Guiton, La Rochelle, France Denis Chabassiere
  • - Max Hospital, New Delhi, India Vickrant Malhotra
  • - Yonsei University Hospital, Korea Yong Eun Chung
  • - Yonsei University Hospital, Korea Hye-Jeong Lee
  • - Incheon Sarang Hospital, Incheon, Korea Jung Hee Kim
  • - Gwangmyoung Sungae Hospital, Korea Jiyong Rhee
▶ Semi-Correct Answer : 4/35,  11.4%
  • - Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Stefan Heinze
  • - PSG hospital, Coimbatore, India Debabrata Das
  • - Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy Gaetano Rea
  • - Hangang SacredHeart Hospital, Korea Eil Seong Lee
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