| Autor: |
MA Lamina, O T Oladapo, O A Oloyede |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2008 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Nigerian Medical Practitioner; Vol 52, No 2 (2007); 47-49 |
| ISSN: |
0189-0964 |
| Popis: |
This is meant to draw attention to the presentation of leiomyosarcoma as a recurrent abdominopelvic mass following total abdominal hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy and the difference that a detailed histological assessment could make in the proper management of such cases. Case note was reviewed. She was a 51-year-old woman who had Total Abdominal Hysterectomy & Bilateral Salpingo-oophrectomy for a clinically suspected and histologically diagnosed Uterine Leiomyoma. A debulking surgery was done later for a recurrence of the abdominopelvic mass and the repeated histology confirmed it to be a Leiomysarcoma. She however, died few days after the 2nd operation without the opportunity of benefiting from adjuvant cytotoxic therapy. A low index of suspicion and inadequate histopathologic assessment of tumor mass were the major contributory factors in this case. A more detailed histological assessment of fibroid masses would have prevented this and similar tragedy. Nigerian Medical Practitioner Vol. 52 (2) 2007: pp. 47-49 |
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