Debulking surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in the management of a recurrent aggressive uterine myxoid leiomyosarcoma with peritoneal dissemination

• A rare case of recurrent peritoneal sarcomatosis (PS) arising from aggressive uterine myxoid leiomyosarcoma was described. • Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has the potential to improve outcomes in PS from uterine sarcoma. • Careful patient selection fo...

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Autores principales: Inoue, Daisuke, Yamamoto, Makoto, Sugita, Genki, Kurokawa, Tetsuji, Yoshida, Yoshio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2015.06.010
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Sumario:• A rare case of recurrent peritoneal sarcomatosis (PS) arising from aggressive uterine myxoid leiomyosarcoma was described. • Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has the potential to improve outcomes in PS from uterine sarcoma. • Careful patient selection for cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC is important to achieve better outcomes in PS.

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