Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis - A benign entity mimicking carcinomatosis

Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis (DPL) is a rare entity, occuring pri marily in premenopausal women. The lesion is characterized by numerous subp eritoneal nodules of benign smooth muscle proliferations which usually mimi cs the macroscopic appearance of the peritoneal carcinomatosis. We report a case of DPL and multiple uterine leiomyomas, occuring in a 50 year old pre menopausal woman who was on oral contraceptives for the last three years. I n order to diagnose this entity clinicians and pathologists have to be aler t and collaborative during the intraoperative frozen section consultation.