Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis: an unusual presentation of intra-abdominal lesion mimicking disseminated malignancy
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An Unusual Presentation of Pelvic Leiomyomatosis Misdiagnosed as Disseminated Malignancy
Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) is an exceedingly rare, usually benign condition that clinically simulates a disseminated malignancy, occurring predominantly in women of childbearing age. We present a case of LPD in a postmenopausal woman who had undergone hysterectomy 8 years back for fibroids along with simultaneous presence of pelvic metastasis from breast carcinoma.
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine and Pharmacy Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2668-0572,2602-0807
DOI: 10.15386/mpr-1421