Clinical challenge of benign metastasizing leiomyoma with cardiac and hepatic involvement: A case report.
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ABSTRACT: Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare disorder occurring in women with a history of uterine leiomyomas and having detection of leiomyomas in extrauterine locations. This case report describes a 39-year-old female with a six-month history of fatigue and worsening exertional dyspnea. She had undergone a previous myomectomy due to multiple uterine fibroids. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a large mass involving the right atrium and the inferior vena cava. Chest and abdominal computed tomography scans demonstrated the presence of this mass in the right hepatic vein, along with a nodule in the right lobe of the liver and multiple uterine fibroids. She underwent surgery to remove the cardiovascular mass, and histopathological results confirmed the benign nature of the smooth mus
SUBMITTER: Vu HTT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC12539313 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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