Table 1 Review of the current literature
From: Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma: a case report and review of the literature
Author | Publication dates | Case no. | Treatment | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Goto [10] | 2012 | 1 | Refused hormone therapy after surgery | Stable |
Taveira-DaSilva [11] | 2012 | 1 | Treatment with leuprolide acetate | Improved |
Ahmad [12] | 2011 | 1 | Monthly injections of depot GnRH analogs | Stable |
Lim [13] | 2011 | 1 | Observation | Stable |
Hara [14] | 2011 | 1 | Observation | Stable |
Ogawa [15] | 2011 | 1 | Observation | Stable |
Yoon [9] | 2011 | 1 | Taking an aromatase inhibitor (Letrozole® 2.5 mg daily, Femara) | Stable |
Rivera [4] | 2004 | 2 | Patient 1.Taking the long-acting GnRH agonist, leuprolide acetate. Five months later, an AI at a dose of 1 mg daily was added. Refused the addition of an LHRH agonist | Stable |
Patient 2. On follow-up a month after discharge, the patient was convinced to restart raloxifene 120 mg daily and anastrozole 2 mg daily | ||||
Kayser [16] | 2000 | 10 | Treatment with cytostatic in 2 patients, with hormonal therapy in 2 and observation in 6 | Stable |