A Rare Case of Vascular Leiomyosarcoma Originating from a Branch Vessel of the External Iliac Vein

Overview

Journal Case Rep Med

Publisher Wiley

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2018 Aug 21

PMID 30123281

Citations 1

Authors

Akinaru Yamamoto

Wataru Nakata

Gaku Yamamichi

Go Tsujimura

Yuichi Tsujimoto

Mikio Nin

Hideaki Miwa

Masao Tsujihata

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Abstract

Leiomyosarcoma arising from the external iliac vein is uncommon. This is a report of a 51-year-old Japanese man with venous leiomyosarcoma originating from a branch vessel of the left external iliac vein. The tumor was found during a medical examination, and the patient had no symptoms. Computed tomography showed a 72 × 49 mm mass adjacent to the left external iliac vein. The tumor was resected en-block along with ligation of the external iliac vein due to strong adhesion with the tumor. Histological examination showed venous leiomyosarcoma, and its origin was thought to be a branch vessel of the left external iliac vein. The patient has remained free from recurrence at 30 months after surgery.

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