Benign metastasizing leiomyoma of the cervical spine 31 years after uterine leiomyoma resection

Aldo F Berti; Alejandro Santillan; Luis A Velasquez

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2015.02.031

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma of the cervical spine 31 years after uterine leiomyoma resection

J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Sep;22(9):1491-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.02.031. Epub 2015 May 4.

Authors

Aldo F Berti¹, Alejandro Santillan², Luis A Velasquez³

Affiliations

¹ Miami Neurosurgical Center, South Miami, FL, USA.
² Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 8300 Floyd Curl Drive MSC 7883, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 8300 Floyd Curl Drive MSC 7883, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.

PMID: 25953612
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.02.031

Abstract

We report a 74-year-old woman presenting with a leiomyoma of the cervical spine 31 years after uterine leiomyoma resection. Benign metastasizing leiomyoma to the cervical spine is very rare. To the best of our knowledge, this is the fourth reported patient with a leiomyoma metastasizing to the cervical spine and that with the longest latency period for this type of tumor, 31 years. The pathological features were typical of leiomyoma.

Keywords: Cervical spine; Leiomyoma; Metastasis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
Female
Humans
Leiomyoma / pathology*
Spinal Neoplasms / secondary*
Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*