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17628268

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
Vascular leiomyosarcoma is extremely rare and represents < 2% of all leiomyosarcomas. The frequency of occurrence of leiomyosarcomas in veins is five times more than in arteries, with approximately half of them occurring in the inferior vena cava. Although leiomyosarcomas originating from large arteries or veins have been widely reported, similar tumors of peripheral vessels of upper extremities are extremely rare. To our knowledge, leiomyosarcomas of the cephalic vein over the wrist area have not been previously documented. We report a case of leiomyosarcoma of the cephalic vein in a 63-year-old man who presented with right hand and forearm swelling and tenderness for more than 1 year. Grossly, a solitary, elongated, white, and firm intraluminal growth tumor was infiltrative along the vessel wall with focal nodular formation and filled the lumen of cephalic vein, measuring 11 cm in length. Histological study revealed an intermediate-grade leiomyosarcoma of vascular origin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0890-5096
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
508-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Leiomyosarcoma of the cephalic vein: case report and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung, 813 Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports