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Intraosseous benign leiomyoma is a rare manifestation of disseminated leiomyomatosis. In a 54 year old housewife presenting with a painful left hip due to a cystic lesion of the femoral neck, histological assessment following resection of the cyst showed a benign intraosseous leiomyoma. Years before a diagnosis of disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis had been made. R 6 s u m 6 . Le ld't'omyome bdnin intra-osseux est une manifestation rare de la ld't'omyomatose dissdminde. Nous prdsentons le cas d'une femme d~gde de 54 ans, qui avait des douleurs de la hanche gauche dues it une ldsion kystique du col du fdmur. Aprbs rdsection, l' examen histologique de la pibce a montrd un ld?omyome bdnin intra-osseux. Quelques anndes auparavant on avait ddjit constatd une Id't'omyomatose pdritondale dissdminde. ## Case report A 54 year old housewife presented in September 1990 with pain in her lower back radiating to the left leg. Radiographs of the pelvis and a computed tomography [CT] scan failed to demonstrate any lesion to account for the symptoms. In April 1991 a second plain radiograph (Fig. 1) and an axial CT-scan (Fig. 2) revealed a cystic lesion in the dorsocranial part of the left femor

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Author

W. Braun; A. Kotter; K. Kundel; M. Wiedemann; T. Wagner

Publisher

Springer; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0341-2695)

Published

1994

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)