Sapmaz, FerideErgin, MakbuleKatrancioglu, OzgurGonlugur, TanseliGonlugur, UgurElagoz, Sahende2025-01-272025-01-2720080341-20401432-1750https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-008-9084-8https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/28207A 41-year-old woman presented with chest pain and a cough. There was a solitary pulmonary nodule in the upper-left lobe. The patient had no history of neoplasm except a hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma five years before. Six months after the first presentation, the tumor showed a gradual increase in size; an explorative thoracotomy was performed. The histopathologic examination showed a tumor consisting of well-differentiated spindle-shaped cells with intervening collagen. She was readmitted 8 months after the operation because of right-sided spontaneous pneumothorax. Multiple pulmonary nodules appeared when the lung was re-expanded by chest tube drainage. In conclusion, uterine leiomyomas can metastasize to various organs, such as lungs, despite having a benign pathologic appearance.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessleiomyomalung neoplasmssecondaryneoplasm metastasisArticle186427127310.1007/s00408-008-9084-8Q4WOS:0002577269000122-s2.0-4754908463218357490Q1