Rare Occurrence of an Epithelioid Leiomyosarcoma in a Uterine Leiomyoma

Autor:	Rakhi Balan, A. L. Hemalatha, Deepthi B. Ramesh, Varna I
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Leiomyosarcoma Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Uterine leiomyoma business.industry Uterus medicine.disease body regions Rare tumor medicine.anatomical_structure Leiomyoma Smooth muscle Rare case medicine Epithelioid leiomyosarcoma business
Zdroj:	International Journal of Case Reports in Medicine. :1-4
ISSN:	2327-3542
DOI:	10.5171/2013.665097
Popis:	Leiomyosarcoma of the uterus is a malignant tumor arising from the smooth muscle of the uterus. It is a rare tumor with an incidence as low as 2%-5% of all uterine malignancies. Besides the conventional type, one of the important variants includes the epithelioid leiomyosarcoma which is by itself a rare subtype of leiomyosarcoma. The precise diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma is essential since it has an aggressive behaviour. We present a rare case of Leiomyosarcoma of the epithelioid variant arising in a leiomyoma.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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