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...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-223dd0a8143f45cf917f19e89c00b2702025-08-20T02:04:06ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2012-01-01201210.1155/2012/394106394106An Unusual Presentation of Pelvic Leiomyomatosis Misdiagnosed as Disseminated MalignancyNisha Marwah0Amrita Duhan1Garima Aggarwal2Rajeev Sen3Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, BPS Government Medical College for Women (Sonepat) 1, Haryana, Rohtak 124001, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, BPS Government Medical College for Women (Sonepat) 1, Haryana, Rohtak 124001, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, BPS Government Medical College for Women (Sonepat) 1, Haryana, Rohtak 124001, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, BPS Government Medical College for Women (Sonepat) 1, Haryana, Rohtak 124001, IndiaLeiomyomatosis 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/394106 |
| spellingShingle | Nisha Marwah Amrita Duhan Garima Aggarwal Rajeev Sen An Unusual Presentation of Pelvic Leiomyomatosis Misdiagnosed as Disseminated Malignancy Case Reports in Pathology |
| title | An Unusual Presentation of Pelvic Leiomyomatosis Misdiagnosed as Disseminated Malignancy |
| title_full | An Unusual Presentation of Pelvic Leiomyomatosis Misdiagnosed as Disseminated Malignancy |
| title_fullStr | An Unusual Presentation of Pelvic Leiomyomatosis Misdiagnosed as Disseminated Malignancy |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Presentation of Pelvic Leiomyomatosis Misdiagnosed as Disseminated Malignancy |
| title_short | An Unusual Presentation of Pelvic Leiomyomatosis Misdiagnosed as Disseminated Malignancy |
| title_sort | unusual presentation of pelvic leiomyomatosis misdiagnosed as disseminated malignancy |
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