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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of PBML in women aged 45 years and younger

From: Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma in patients aged 45 years and younger: clinical features and novelty in treatment

Variable

N

%

 

Variable

N

Age (year)

N = 60

  

Symptom

N = 62

 Median 39.0

   

Asymptomatic

28

 IQRs 36.0-43.3

   

Symptomatic

34

Radiographic finding

N = 64

  

 Dyspnea

20

 Bilateral solid lesions

39

60.9

 

 Cough

10

 Unilateral solid lesions

6

9.4

 

 Chest pain/tightness

2

 Solitary lesion

2

3.1

 

 Pneumothorax

5

 Miliary pattern

10

15.6

 

 Hemoptysis

3

 Cystic lesions

4

6.3

 

 Backache

1

 Interstitial lung disease

3

4.7

 

Extrapulmonary metastatic sites

N = 15

Prior gynecologic surgery for UL

N = 65

  

Abdominal/pelvic cavity

13

 No

14

21.5

 

 Retroperitoneum

4

 1

41

63.1

 

 Peritoneum

2

 2

8

12.3

 

 Omentum

2

 3

2

3.1

 

 unspecified

5

Gynecologic procedure before diagnosis of PBML

N = 51

  

Skeletal muscle

3

 Hysterectomy

27

52.9

 

Mediastinum

2

 Myomectomy

30

58.8

 

Bone

2

 Hysteroscopy

1

2.0

 

Breast

1

Time to diagnosis from gynecologic surgery (year)

N = 47

  

Heart

1

 Mean 6.3 ± 3.8

     

 Range 0.08-14.0 Median 6.0

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