Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis – a rare complication of laparoscopic myomectomy with intraperitoneal morcellation Case report
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The present study reports the case of a 43-year-old female patient who presented with pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma after a hysterectomy due to for leiomyoma of the uterus.
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