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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
Between 1996 and 2006 a total of 278 patients with soft tissue Leiomyosarcoma were treated at our centre. We identified 16 patients (5.8%) where the tumour directly arose from the blood vessels. These tumours were studied to determine their prognosis and behaviour. All tumors were in the lower limbs: 11 from the femoral vein, 3 popliteal vein, and 2 from the posterior tibial vein. Mean tumour size was 10.4 cm (3 to 33). Histological grade was high in all patients. Surgical treatment was amputation in one, excision with or without vascular reconstruction in 12 followed by radiotherapy, and 3 patients had no surgery because of advanced disease at diagnosis. Seven out of the 16 patients (44%) had metastasis at diagnosis, and five patients without metastasis at diagnosis rapidly developed metastases at a median time of 5 months from diagnosis (2-30 months). The overall survival of the patients at 5 years was 25% which was considerably worse than those with nonvascular leiomyosarcoma. We conclude that patients with leiomyosarcoma of vascular origin have a very high risk of metastases and poor prognosis when treated in the conventional way.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1357-714X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2009
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
385164
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Leiomyosarcomas of vascular origin in the extremity.
pubmed:affiliation
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Bristol Road South, Birmingham B31 2AP, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article