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Liver metastasis or a pseudocyst? A rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis in the liver
Gastrointestinal neoplasms most commonly metastasize to the liver, where they are typically found as solid and hypervascular lesions. Here, we describe a case of a 44-year-old man with a leiomyosarcoma of the rectum, who at the time of diagnosis presented with a small (5 mm in diameter) cyst-like le...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9933358/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36816396 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/wo.2022.124595 |
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author | Bednarek, Adrian Sołek, Julia Szymczyk, Konrad Gwardys, Mikołaj Wierzchniewska-Ławska, Agnieszka Jesionek-Kupnicka, Dorota Braun, Marcin Romańska, Hanna M. |
author_facet | Bednarek, Adrian Sołek, Julia Szymczyk, Konrad Gwardys, Mikołaj Wierzchniewska-Ławska, Agnieszka Jesionek-Kupnicka, Dorota Braun, Marcin Romańska, Hanna M. |
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description | Gastrointestinal neoplasms most commonly metastasize to the liver, where they are typically found as solid and hypervascular lesions. Here, we describe a case of a 44-year-old man with a leiomyosarcoma of the rectum, who at the time of diagnosis presented with a small (5 mm in diameter) cyst-like lesion in the liver. Positron emission tomography demonstrated no increased metabolism in the area of the cyst, suggesting a benign character of the lesion. However, after 3 years, CT scans revealed enlargement of the cyst, and local surgical excision was performed. The results of histopathological examination of the resected material were consistent with metastatic leiomyosarcoma. Subsequently, the patient developed lung metastases and died within 2 years. Our case describes a very rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis that led to an ill-fated misdiagnosis and dismal disease outcome. |
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spelling | pubmed-99333582023-02-17 Liver metastasis or a pseudocyst? A rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis in the liver Bednarek, Adrian Sołek, Julia Szymczyk, Konrad Gwardys, Mikołaj Wierzchniewska-Ławska, Agnieszka Jesionek-Kupnicka, Dorota Braun, Marcin Romańska, Hanna M. Contemp Oncol (Pozn) Case Report Gastrointestinal neoplasms most commonly metastasize to the liver, where they are typically found as solid and hypervascular lesions. Here, we describe a case of a 44-year-old man with a leiomyosarcoma of the rectum, who at the time of diagnosis presented with a small (5 mm in diameter) cyst-like lesion in the liver. Positron emission tomography demonstrated no increased metabolism in the area of the cyst, suggesting a benign character of the lesion. However, after 3 years, CT scans revealed enlargement of the cyst, and local surgical excision was performed. The results of histopathological examination of the resected material were consistent with metastatic leiomyosarcoma. Subsequently, the patient developed lung metastases and died within 2 years. Our case describes a very rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis that led to an ill-fated misdiagnosis and dismal disease outcome. Termedia Publishing House 2022-12-30 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9933358/ /pubmed/36816396 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/wo.2022.124595 Text en Copyright © 2022 Termedia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) ) |
spellingShingle | Case Report Bednarek, Adrian Sołek, Julia Szymczyk, Konrad Gwardys, Mikołaj Wierzchniewska-Ławska, Agnieszka Jesionek-Kupnicka, Dorota Braun, Marcin Romańska, Hanna M. Liver metastasis or a pseudocyst? A rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis in the liver |
title | Liver metastasis or a pseudocyst? A rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis in the liver |
title_full | Liver metastasis or a pseudocyst? A rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis in the liver |
title_fullStr | Liver metastasis or a pseudocyst? A rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis in the liver |
title_full_unstemmed | Liver metastasis or a pseudocyst? A rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis in the liver |
title_short | Liver metastasis or a pseudocyst? A rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis in the liver |
title_sort | liver metastasis or a pseudocyst? a rare presentation of leiomyosarcoma’s metastasis in the liver |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9933358/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36816396 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/wo.2022.124595 |
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