Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata in a 50-year-old woman: imaging findings.

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD)--or diffuse abdominal
leiomyomatosis--is a very rare benign abdominal entity. Only a little more than
100 cases have been reported in the English literature since its first
description in 1965. Middle aged female are typically affected and the clinical
presentation is rather aspecific. The differential diagnosis between benign LPD
and diffuse peritoneal carcinomatosis or abdominal disseminated malignancy
represents the crucial diagnostic challenge that can only definitively be made
through biopsy and histologic analysis. Multimodal imaging features (ultrasound,
CT, MR and PET) of a case of LPD diagnosed in a 50-year-old female are presented
with review the literature.