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Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus: A Rare Diagnosis

Uterine leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor that accounts for almost 2-5% of all uterine malignancies. It has the highest prevalence during pre and perimenopause. Further, it clinically resembles benign conditions like leiomyoma, and the diagnosis is confirmed with the histologic findings of th...

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Autores principales: Paudel, Palak, Dhungana, Bibek, Shrestha, Eliza, Verma, Deepak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34589328
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17418
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author Paudel, Palak
Dhungana, Bibek
Shrestha, Eliza
Verma, Deepak
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Dhungana, Bibek
Shrestha, Eliza
Verma, Deepak
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description Uterine leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor that accounts for almost 2-5% of all uterine malignancies. It has the highest prevalence during pre and perimenopause. Further, it clinically resembles benign conditions like leiomyoma, and the diagnosis is confirmed with the histologic findings of the mass. Here, we present the case of a 70-year-old female who presented with lower abdominal pain for two years. Exploratory laparotomy with hysterectomy was performed, and the diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma was confirmed after histological examination of the resected tumor.
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spelling pubmed-84599162021-09-28 Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus: A Rare Diagnosis Paudel, Palak Dhungana, Bibek Shrestha, Eliza Verma, Deepak Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Uterine leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor that accounts for almost 2-5% of all uterine malignancies. It has the highest prevalence during pre and perimenopause. Further, it clinically resembles benign conditions like leiomyoma, and the diagnosis is confirmed with the histologic findings of the mass. Here, we present the case of a 70-year-old female who presented with lower abdominal pain for two years. Exploratory laparotomy with hysterectomy was performed, and the diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma was confirmed after histological examination of the resected tumor. Cureus 2021-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8459916/ /pubmed/34589328 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17418 Text en Copyright © 2021, Paudel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Obstetrics/Gynecology
Paudel, Palak
Dhungana, Bibek
Shrestha, Eliza
Verma, Deepak
Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus: A Rare Diagnosis
title Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus: A Rare Diagnosis
title_full Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus: A Rare Diagnosis
title_fullStr Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus: A Rare Diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus: A Rare Diagnosis
title_short Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus: A Rare Diagnosis
title_sort leiomyosarcoma of the uterus: a rare diagnosis
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34589328
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17418
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