Giant leiomyosarcoma: A case report.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Uterine leiomyosarcoma is a rare uterine malignancy. Most of the patients lack symptoms or present with a rapidly enlarging pelvic mass.
METHODS
We report on a very large leiomyosarcoma in a woman presenting with a 3 months history of rapidly growing adominal mass and fatigue. Laparotomy was performed and diagnosis was confirmed by pathologic and histologic analysis. Patient refused chemotherapy after surgery and died from recurrence at 4th postoperative month.
CONCLUSIONS
Uterine leiomyosarcomas may follow a rapid clinical course with a doubling time of four weeks. There is no reliable method to distinguish uterine sarcoma from benign leiomyomas preoperatively.
CONCLUSIONS
This case represents the largest leiomyosarcoma reported in the literature.
