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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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Autores principales: Bednarek, Adrian, Sołek, Julia, Szymczyk, Konrad, Gwardys, Mikołaj, Wierzchniewska-Ławska, Agnieszka, Jesionek-Kupnicka, Dorota, Braun, Marcin, Romańska, Hanna M.
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Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2022
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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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