A case of leiomyosarcoma of the common femoral artery

Leiomyosarcomas are rare malignant tumors of smooth muscle cell origin with those originating from blood vessels accounting for <1%. We report the unusual case of a leiomyosarcoma originating in the wall of the common femoral artery, highlighting the management decisions for vascular tumors and p...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Daniel, Leon, Luis R., Pacanowski, John P., Berman, Scott S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8094394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33997576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2021.02.004
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author Nguyen, Daniel
Leon, Luis R.
Pacanowski, John P.
Berman, Scott S.
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description Leiomyosarcomas are rare malignant tumors of smooth muscle cell origin with those originating from blood vessels accounting for <1%. We report the unusual case of a leiomyosarcoma originating in the wall of the common femoral artery, highlighting the management decisions for vascular tumors and providing a brief literature review for these unusual malignancies.
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spelling pubmed-80943942021-05-13 A case of leiomyosarcoma of the common femoral artery Nguyen, Daniel Leon, Luis R. Pacanowski, John P. Berman, Scott S. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech Case report Leiomyosarcomas are rare malignant tumors of smooth muscle cell origin with those originating from blood vessels accounting for <1%. We report the unusual case of a leiomyosarcoma originating in the wall of the common femoral artery, highlighting the management decisions for vascular tumors and providing a brief literature review for these unusual malignancies. Elsevier 2021-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8094394/ /pubmed/33997576 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2021.02.004 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://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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A case of leiomyosarcoma of the common femoral artery
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title_short A case of leiomyosarcoma of the common femoral artery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8094394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33997576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2021.02.004
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