 Leiomyosarcoma
"Leiomyosarcoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A sarcoma containing large spindle cells of smooth muscle. Although it rarely occurs in soft tissue, it is common in the viscera. It is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract and uterus. The median age of patients is 60 years. (From Dorland, 27th ed; Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1865)
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D007890
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.590.455 C04.557.450.795.455
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| Concept/Terms |
Leiomyosarcoma, Epithelioid- Leiomyosarcoma, Epithelioid
- Epithelioid Leiomyosarcoma
- Epithelioid Leiomyosarcomas
- Leiomyosarcomas, Epithelioid
Leiomyosarcoma, Myxoid- Leiomyosarcoma, Myxoid
- Leiomyosarcomas, Myxoid
- Myxoid Leiomyosarcoma
- Myxoid Leiomyosarcomas
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| 1981 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leiomyosarcoma" by people in Profiles.
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Hobbs J, Sutherland-Smith J, Penninck D, Jennings S, Barber L, Barton B. ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CANINE GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS COMPARED TO OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL SPINDLE CELL TUMORS. Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2015 Jul-Aug; 56(4):432-8.
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Cornejo K, Shi M, Jiang Z. Oncofetal protein IMP3: a useful diagnostic biomarker for leiomyosarcoma. Hum Pathol. 2012 Oct; 43(10):1567-72.
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Francis JH, Kleinerman RA, Seddon JM, Abramson DH. Increased risk of secondary uterine leiomyosarcoma in hereditary retinoblastoma. Gynecol Oncol. 2012 Feb; 124(2):254-9.
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Aeddula NR, Pathireddy S, Samaha T, Ukena T, Hosseinnezhad A. Primary intracranial leiomyosarcoma in an immunocompetent adult. J Clin Oncol. 2011 May 10; 29(14):e407-10.
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Abadin SS, Korn JM, Worley TA, Podbielski FJ, Connolly MM. Cystic sarcoma of the psoas muscle masquerading as appendicitis. Am Surg. 2009 Sep; 75(9):860-2.
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Kleinerman RA, Tucker MA, Abramson DH, Seddon JM, Tarone RE, Fraumeni JF. Risk of soft tissue sarcomas by individual subtype in survivors of hereditary retinoblastoma. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Jan 03; 99(1):24-31.
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Liang SX, Lakshmanan Y, Woda BA, Jiang Z. A high-grade primary leiomyosarcoma of the bladder in a survivor of retinoblastoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2001 Sep; 125(9):1231-4.
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Isler RJ, Ferrucci JT, Wittenberg J, Mueller PR, Simeone JF, vanSonnenberg E, Hall DA. Tissue core biopsy of abdominal tumors with a 22 gauge cutting needle. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1981 Apr; 136(4):725-8.
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Kabakian HA, Balikian JP. The spine as a point of reference for duodenal displacement by an enlarged liver in the sagittal projection. Clin Radiol. 1975 Apr; 26(2):243-8.
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