These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Leiomyosarcoma of the uterus: a clinicopathological report of two cases and review of literature.
    Author: Omoniyi-Esan GO, Badmos KB, Adeyemi AB, Rotimi O.
    Journal: Afr J Med Med Sci; 2008 Sep; 37(3):285-8. PubMed ID: 18982823.
    Abstract:
    Leiomyosarcomas of the uterus are highly malignant tumours that are rare and represent slightly over 1% of all uterine malignancies. The clinical presentation is fairly constant and includes abnormal vaginal bleeding, pains or both. Only two cases (0.6%) out of 337 uterine malignancies seen over a period of 15 years in Ile-Ife had histological diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma. Both patients were postmenopausal, aged 49 years and presented in advanced disease stage. Two months after surgery, one of the patients died from disease progression while the other defaulted while on chemotherapy. Leiomyosarcoma of the uterus though rare in our environment, when it occurs, presents with advanced stage of the disease. Poor compliance coupled with high cost of treatment portends poor prognosis thus making it rapidly fatal.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]