TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma A1 - Pacheco-Rodriguez, Gustavo A1 - Taveira-DaSilva, Angelo M. A1 - Moss, Joel A2 - Grippi, Michael A. A2 - Elias, Jack A. A2 - Fishman, Jay A. A2 - Kotloff, Robert M. A2 - Pack, Allan I. A2 - Senior, Robert M. A2 - Siegel, Mark D. PY - 2015 T2 - Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 5e AB - Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare disease of women, which is characterized by noninvasive, well-circumscribed tumors composed of differentiated smooth muscle cells, localized to sites other than the uterus.1–5 Lungs and lymph nodes6 are the most common sites involved, but BMLs have also been identified in the mediastinum,7,8 retroperitoneum,9 vascular channels,10 bone,11 heart,12 skeletal muscle,13 and soft tissues.14 Pulmonary BML has been associated primarily with uterine leiomyomas and has been mainly diagnosed in patients who have undergone uterine myomectomy or hysterectomy.1,4 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1122361452 ER -