Locally advanced leiomyosarcoma of the spleen. A case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcomas are rare tumours, predominantly localized in the stomach, small intestine and retroperitoneum. Only one case of primary leiomyosarcoma of the spleen is described in human beings in literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of locally advanced primary leiomyosarcoma...

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Autores principales: Piovanello, Paolo, Viola, Vincenzo, Costa, Giampaolo, Carletti, Massimiliano, Cecera, Andrea, Turchetta, Fabrizio, Iudicone, Roberto, Catalano, Giuseppe, Santucci, Antonello, Recchia, Franco, Fiorillo, Loredana, Menichella, Maria Antonella, Baiano, Giovanni
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2221972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18045454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-135
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author Piovanello, Paolo
Viola, Vincenzo
Costa, Giampaolo
Carletti, Massimiliano
Cecera, Andrea
Turchetta, Fabrizio
Iudicone, Roberto
Catalano, Giuseppe
Santucci, Antonello
Recchia, Franco
Fiorillo, Loredana
Menichella, Maria Antonella
Baiano, Giovanni
author_facet Piovanello, Paolo
Viola, Vincenzo
Costa, Giampaolo
Carletti, Massimiliano
Cecera, Andrea
Turchetta, Fabrizio
Iudicone, Roberto
Catalano, Giuseppe
Santucci, Antonello
Recchia, Franco
Fiorillo, Loredana
Menichella, Maria Antonella
Baiano, Giovanni
author_sort Piovanello, Paolo
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcomas are rare tumours, predominantly localized in the stomach, small intestine and retroperitoneum. Only one case of primary leiomyosarcoma of the spleen is described in human beings in literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of locally advanced primary leiomyosarcoma of the spleen in a 54 year-old woman, diagnosed only after splenectomy, performed with the suspicion of splenic haematoma. CONCLUSION: Due to the lack of cases, no specific chemotherapy regimen has been tested to provide a longer survival.
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spelling pubmed-22219722008-02-01 Locally advanced leiomyosarcoma of the spleen. A case report and review of the literature Piovanello, Paolo Viola, Vincenzo Costa, Giampaolo Carletti, Massimiliano Cecera, Andrea Turchetta, Fabrizio Iudicone, Roberto Catalano, Giuseppe Santucci, Antonello Recchia, Franco Fiorillo, Loredana Menichella, Maria Antonella Baiano, Giovanni World J Surg Oncol Case Report BACKGROUND: Leiomyosarcomas are rare tumours, predominantly localized in the stomach, small intestine and retroperitoneum. Only one case of primary leiomyosarcoma of the spleen is described in human beings in literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of locally advanced primary leiomyosarcoma of the spleen in a 54 year-old woman, diagnosed only after splenectomy, performed with the suspicion of splenic haematoma. CONCLUSION: Due to the lack of cases, no specific chemotherapy regimen has been tested to provide a longer survival. BioMed Central 2007-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2221972/ /pubmed/18045454 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-135 Text en Copyright © 2007 Piovanello et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Piovanello, Paolo
Viola, Vincenzo
Costa, Giampaolo
Carletti, Massimiliano
Cecera, Andrea
Turchetta, Fabrizio
Iudicone, Roberto
Catalano, Giuseppe
Santucci, Antonello
Recchia, Franco
Fiorillo, Loredana
Menichella, Maria Antonella
Baiano, Giovanni
Locally advanced leiomyosarcoma of the spleen. A case report and review of the literature
title Locally advanced leiomyosarcoma of the spleen. A case report and review of the literature
title_full Locally advanced leiomyosarcoma of the spleen. A case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Locally advanced leiomyosarcoma of the spleen. A case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Locally advanced leiomyosarcoma of the spleen. A case report and review of the literature
title_short Locally advanced leiomyosarcoma of the spleen. A case report and review of the literature
title_sort locally advanced leiomyosarcoma of the spleen. a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2221972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18045454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-135
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