Leiomyosarcomas of the extremities: Angiography as a diagnostic aid

✍ Scribed by Jung Ja Park; Hyung Chan Park; Sung H. Choi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 323 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-4790
• DOI: 10.1002/jso.2930100505

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Thirteen cases of leiomyosarcomas of the extremities are reported. Most of the cases were operated on without information concerning benignancy or malignancy. Plain radiographs showed amorphous calcification in two cases. Three cases had angiographic study and all revealed malignant neovascularity. In no literature that we reviewed was angiography mentioned in the cases of leiomyosarcomas of the extremities. Venography alone has been done in many reported cases. The leiomyosarcoma of the extremities looks often benign but is notorious for local recurrences and distant metastases.