Right heart failure due to benign metastasizing leiomyoma: a case report of this exceedingly rare condition and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a smooth muscle tumour of genital origin occurring in women with a history of uterine or pelvic leiomyoma. Although histologically benign, it exhibits metastatic behaviour. Lungs are the most common site of metastasis. The heart is a rare site and metastasis at this location has been described in just few cases.

Case summary

A 42-year-old woman with a resected uterine leiomyoma and a subsequent and still not-resected left periovarian solid mass began complaining of shortness of breath 2 weeks before presentation. Echocardiography showed a mass located in the right ventricular cavity, enlargement of the right ventricle, and severe tricuspid regurgitation. Cardiac magnetic resonance revealed two masses suggestive of tumours in

SUBMITTER: Pedrosa C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7793117 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature