Leiomyosarcoma of the Middle Ear and Temporal Bone

Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant tumor of smooth muscle cells that is exceedingly rare in the middle ear and temporal bone. Wide surgical resection is treatment of choice and adjuvant treatment has not proven to be of benefit. This is a report on a patient with otorrhea and rapidly growing mass on post...

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Autores principales: Kim, Bo Gyung, Kim, Jin, Lee, Won-Sang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3863676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24353867
http://dx.doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2013.6.4.254
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description Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant tumor of smooth muscle cells that is exceedingly rare in the middle ear and temporal bone. Wide surgical resection is treatment of choice and adjuvant treatment has not proven to be of benefit. This is a report on a patient with otorrhea and rapidly growing mass on postauricualr area. A tumor that was mainly located in the middle ear and temporal bone was surgically removed and proved to be a leiomyosarcoma. The optimal surgical technique and other treatment strategy are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-38636762013-12-18 Leiomyosarcoma of the Middle Ear and Temporal Bone Kim, Bo Gyung Kim, Jin Lee, Won-Sang Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol Case Report Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant tumor of smooth muscle cells that is exceedingly rare in the middle ear and temporal bone. Wide surgical resection is treatment of choice and adjuvant treatment has not proven to be of benefit. This is a report on a patient with otorrhea and rapidly growing mass on postauricualr area. A tumor that was mainly located in the middle ear and temporal bone was surgically removed and proved to be a leiomyosarcoma. The optimal surgical technique and other treatment strategy are discussed. Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2013-12 2013-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3863676/ /pubmed/24353867 http://dx.doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2013.6.4.254 Text en Copyright © 2013 by Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Leiomyosarcoma of the Middle Ear and Temporal Bone
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title_full Leiomyosarcoma of the Middle Ear and Temporal Bone
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title_full_unstemmed Leiomyosarcoma of the Middle Ear and Temporal Bone
title_short Leiomyosarcoma of the Middle Ear and Temporal Bone
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3863676/
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