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
Recommended Citation
Sakpal, Sujit Vijay; Mehta, Rohin; Babel, Nitin; and Chamberlain, Ronald Scott, "Peripheral Artery Leiomyosarcoma." (2009). Department of Surgery. 22.
https://red.library.usd.edu/ds/22