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Primary pulmonary leiomyoma
Peng Wu1, Jonathen Venkatachalam1, Victor Kwan Min Lee2
1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Singapore.
Respirology Case Reports
|August 13, 2016
Abstract:
Leiomyoma is a smooth muscle neoplasm that commonly occurs in the genitourinary system and the gastrointestinal tract of the body. Primary pulmonary leiomyoma is rarely reported in literature. We report a rare case of primary pulmonary leiomyoma of a 55-year-old male patient presenting with symptoms of cough for six months.
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