Pulmonary benign metastasising leiomyoma: response to treatment with goserelin.
Authors:
- T Z JacobsonTJT Z Jacobson
- E J RaineyERE J Rainey
- C W TurtonCTC W Turton
Open Access
Abstract
Benign metastasising leiomyoma is a rare disease occurring predominantly in women of childbearing age and is hormonally influenced. The response of the disease to the luteinising hormone releasing hormone analogue goserelin is reported.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Failure of buserelin-induced medical castration to control pulmonary lymphangiomyomatosis in two patientsChest, 1992
- Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis Treated by Single Lung TransplantationAmerican Review of Respiratory Disease, 1992
- Treatment of LymphangioleiomyomatosisChest, 1989
- Utilization of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist in pulmonary leiomyomatosisFertility and Sterility, 1987
- Use of LHRH analogue to obtain reversible castration in a patient with benign metastasizing leiomyomaBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1986
- Successful treatment of pulmonary lymphangiomyomatosis with oophorectomy and progesterone.1985
- Efficacy of Oophorectomy in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis and Benign Metastasizing LeiomyomaNew England Journal of Medicine, 1981