Unusual indolent behavior of leiomyosarcoma of the vagina: Is observation a viable option?

• Primary leiomyosarcoma of the vagina is a rare disease. • We identified a case of unanticipated indolent behavior of vaginal leiomyosarcoma. • Observation or hormonal therapy may be viable option for select patients.

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Autores principales: Khafagy, Ayatallah M., Prescott, Lauren S., Malpica, Anais, Westin, Shannon N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28649595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.06.007
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spelling pubmed-54721502017-06-23 Unusual indolent behavior of leiomyosarcoma of the vagina: Is observation a viable option? Khafagy, Ayatallah M. Prescott, Lauren S. Malpica, Anais Westin, Shannon N. Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • Primary leiomyosarcoma of the vagina is a rare disease. • We identified a case of unanticipated indolent behavior of vaginal leiomyosarcoma. • Observation or hormonal therapy may be viable option for select patients. Elsevier 2017-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5472150/ /pubmed/28649595 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.06.007 Text en © 2017 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Khafagy, Ayatallah M.
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Malpica, Anais
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Unusual indolent behavior of leiomyosarcoma of the vagina: Is observation a viable option?
title Unusual indolent behavior of leiomyosarcoma of the vagina: Is observation a viable option?
title_full Unusual indolent behavior of leiomyosarcoma of the vagina: Is observation a viable option?
title_fullStr Unusual indolent behavior of leiomyosarcoma of the vagina: Is observation a viable option?
title_full_unstemmed Unusual indolent behavior of leiomyosarcoma of the vagina: Is observation a viable option?
title_short Unusual indolent behavior of leiomyosarcoma of the vagina: Is observation a viable option?
title_sort unusual indolent behavior of leiomyosarcoma of the vagina: is observation a viable option?
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28649595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.06.007
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