1990
DOI: 10.1111/ans.1990.60.3.232
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Leiomyomatosis Peritoneales Disseminata

Abstract: A 49 year old woman presented with leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) which is a benign and very rare disease entity. This patient is particularly interesting because she presented with many atypical features. She is the second Oriental case reported, and the follow‐up period was long. The disease was symptomatic and progressive despite bilateral salpingo‐oophorectomy, hysterectomy and repeated excision of all the recurrent nodules. She had documented recurrences of LPD in three episodes at 4 years … Show more

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“…tives, or surgical castration, a hormonal influence is possible [1,5,7,8]. However, other cases of LPD have been diagnosed in postmenopausal patients who have not taken hormonal therapy and in whom the disease has progressed despite surgical castration and removal of recurrent tumors, as occurred in our case 1 [9,11]. Such cases suggest an increased tissue sensitivity to normal and diminished levels of estrogen and progesterone.…”
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“…tives, or surgical castration, a hormonal influence is possible [1,5,7,8]. However, other cases of LPD have been diagnosed in postmenopausal patients who have not taken hormonal therapy and in whom the disease has progressed despite surgical castration and removal of recurrent tumors, as occurred in our case 1 [9,11]. Such cases suggest an increased tissue sensitivity to normal and diminished levels of estrogen and progesterone.…”
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confidence: 71%
“…Since the first report by Willson and Peale in 1952 [2], there have been approximately 60 cases reported in the literature [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Most cases occur in women in the reproductive age group and are often associated with pregnancy or oral contraceptive use, although there have been a few reports of LPD Correspondence to: A. S. Fulcher in postmenopausal women and one report in a man [5,10,11,15].…”
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