MYXOID LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF THE UTERUS

YOSHIMASA TAKANO; YUTAKA MORIMURA; HIDEKAZU YAMADA; KAORU YANAGIDA; AKIRA SATO; OSAMU SUZUKI; TOSHIMITSU SUZUKI

doi:10.5387/fms.46.41

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MYXOID LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF THE UTERUS

YOSHIMASA TAKANO, YUTAKA MORIMURA, HIDEKAZU YAMADA, KAORU YANAGIDA, AKIRA SATO, OSAMU SUZUKI, TOSHIMITSU SUZUKI

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Keywords: leiomyosarcoma, myxoid variant, uterus, case report, immunohistochemistry

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2000 Volume 46 Issue 1-2 Pages 41-47

DOI https://doi.org/10.5387/fms.46.41

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Abstract

A 70-year-old, menopausal Japanese woman with large uterine tumor underwent total hysterectomy. Microscopic examination revealed a myxoid leiomyosarcoma with 5 to 6 mitoses/10 high power field (HPF). Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells reacted with desmin, suggesting that they are derived from uterine smooth muscle cells. The patient was treated with the combination chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin, adriamycin and cyclophosphamide, and she has been free from disease for 70 months after the operation.

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