Title

Peripheral Artery Leiomyosarcoma.

Sanford School of Medicine Affiliation

Transplantation and Surgery

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Surgery

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Keywords

Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anticoagulants, Biopsy, Enoxaparin, Female, Femoral Artery, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Leiomyosarcoma, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, Treatment Outcome, Vascular Neoplasms, Vascular Surgical Procedures

Abstract

Vascular leiomyosarcomas are extremely rare tumors and represent only 0.001% of all malignancies. Venous leiomyosarcomas occur five times more often than arterial ones, with 50% of them originating in the inferior vena cava (IVC). Arterial leiomyosarcomas are most commonly encountered in the great vessels with less than 50% of them occurring in the peripheral circulation. A total of only seven cases of arterial leiomyosarcomas involving the femoral artery have been reported in literature to date. We report a case of an arterial leiomyosarcoma involving the profunda femoris artery, and provide a comprehensive review on peripheral arterial leiomyosarcomas-distribution, clinical presentation, radiological and histological diagnosis, staging, and treatment.

Journal Title

Journal of Vascular Surgery : Official Publication, The Society for Vascular Surgery [and] International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter

Volume

49

Issue

1

First Page

217

Last Page

221

PubMed ID

19174258

ISSN

1097-6809

MeSH Headings (Medical Subject Headings)

Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anticoagulants; Biopsy; Enoxaparin; Female; Femoral Artery; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyosarcoma; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; Treatment Outcome; Vascular Neoplasms; Vascular Surgical Procedures

Rights

Open Archive. https://www.elsevier.com/about/open-science/open-access

DOI

10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.018

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