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From: Primary and secondary tumors of the peritoneum: key imaging features and differential diagnosis with surgical and pathological correlation

Fig. 28

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata with associated benign metastasizing leiomyomatosis of the lung and pleura, in a 51-year-old woman with history of uterine leiomyomas and previous hysterectomy. CT was performed due to the incidental finding of multiple pulmonary nodules on chest X-ray. a–d Axial CT images of the abdomen in the portal phase show solid peritoneal nodules in the mesenteric root and right hemipelvis with homogenous contrast uptake (red arrows). e, f Axial CT images of the chest in the arterial phase show multiple and bilateral pulmonary and pleural solid nodules with well-defined margins, mimicking malignancy. The final diagnosis was made by histological analysis after biopsy of a pleural mass located in the lingula (e, black asterisk)

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