Nishikawa H, Nakanishi R. Metastatic pulmonary leiomyosarcoma presenting with a long disease-free interval: report of a case.
Surg Today 2008;
38:644-6. [PMID:
18612791 DOI:
10.1007/s00595-007-3687-1]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
The prognosis in patients with retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma and its distant metastasis is poor. We herein present an extremely rare case of an 83-year-old woman with a pulmonary metastasis from retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma. The disease-free interval between the resection of the primary tumor and the diagnosis of metastasis was longer than 23 years. She was successfully treated with a video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy.
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