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. 1995 Nov;50(11):1225–1226. doi: 10.1136/thx.50.11.1225

Pulmonary benign metastasising leiomyoma: response to treatment with goserelin.

T Z Jacobson 1, E J Rainey 1, C W Turton 1
PMCID: PMC475102  PMID: 8553286

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.

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