Local Excision Inadequate in the Treatment of Anal Canal Leiomyosarcoma

Leiomyosarcoma of the anal canal is an uncommon neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract. We report a 45-year-old lady with anal canal leiomyosarcoma. In view of its rarity, we report its presentation and management. In the setting of a recurrent tumor with high-grade histological appearance, local ex...

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Autores principales: Kumar, G. Krishna, Chandra, Sarath S., Krishnan, R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3003215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20616423
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.65192
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Chandra, Sarath S.
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description Leiomyosarcoma of the anal canal is an uncommon neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract. We report a 45-year-old lady with anal canal leiomyosarcoma. In view of its rarity, we report its presentation and management. In the setting of a recurrent tumor with high-grade histological appearance, local excision would be deemed unsafe.
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spelling pubmed-30032152010-12-23 Local Excision Inadequate in the Treatment of Anal Canal Leiomyosarcoma Kumar, G. Krishna Chandra, Sarath S. Krishnan, R. Saudi J Gastroenterol Case Report Leiomyosarcoma of the anal canal is an uncommon neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract. We report a 45-year-old lady with anal canal leiomyosarcoma. In view of its rarity, we report its presentation and management. In the setting of a recurrent tumor with high-grade histological appearance, local excision would be deemed unsafe. Medknow Publications 2010-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3003215/ /pubmed/20616423 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.65192 Text en © The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kumar, G. Krishna
Chandra, Sarath S.
Krishnan, R.
Local Excision Inadequate in the Treatment of Anal Canal Leiomyosarcoma
title Local Excision Inadequate in the Treatment of Anal Canal Leiomyosarcoma
title_full Local Excision Inadequate in the Treatment of Anal Canal Leiomyosarcoma
title_fullStr Local Excision Inadequate in the Treatment of Anal Canal Leiomyosarcoma
title_full_unstemmed Local Excision Inadequate in the Treatment of Anal Canal Leiomyosarcoma
title_short Local Excision Inadequate in the Treatment of Anal Canal Leiomyosarcoma
title_sort local excision inadequate in the treatment of anal canal leiomyosarcoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3003215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20616423
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.65192
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