CASE REPORT
Background: benign metastasizing leiomyomas (BML) represents a rare disease consisting of the extra-uterine metastasizing of smooth muscle cells with similar histological, immunological, and molecular patterns to those of benign uterine leiomyomas. They are characterized by low mitotic activity, lack of anaplasia or necrosis and bad vascularization. BML is a rarely found entity with few documented cases in the literature, usually occurring in women of reproductive age with a history of myomectomy or hysterectomy. The leiomyomas can metastasize to several organs, the lungs being the most commonly affected. Case presentation: we present a case of a 40 year old infertile woman, with BML with multiple metastasis (lungs and bony: lumbar spine, pelvis, knee, and humerus), firstly she presented low back complaints, refractory to medical treatment, and was submitted to percutaneous L3-L5 fixation and transpedicular biopsy. Later on she was submitted to hysterectomy and bilateral ovariectomy with 7 years follow up. Good resolution of pain after surgery, 5 years after surgery she had SARS-Cov2 pneumonia, associated with coinfection with Aspergillus niger and Cryptococcus laurenti with 37 days of hospitalization, including 13 days in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with good evolution.
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1 MD, PhD, Neurosurgery Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu EPE, Viseu, Viseu, Portugal.
2 MD, Neurosurgery Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu EPE, Viseu, Viseu, Portugal.
3 MD, Gynecology Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu EPE, Viseu, Viseu, Portugal.
Received Jul 5, 2023
Accepted Jul 21, 2023