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Report of a Case

CAPT. WILLIAM A. AKERS, MC; COL. GEORGE PRAZAK, MC

AMA Arch Derm. 1960;81(6):953-957.

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Leiomyosarcoma is a rare tumor of any body tissue. Series of cases of its primary origin in the stomach,⁸ small intestine,^15,18,20,21 rectum,^8,14 uterus,^3,5,26 retroperitoneal area,^2,16 skin,^12,23 and lung²⁵ have been reported. Isolated cases of its origin in the esophagus,¹⁷ appendix,^1,18 femoral vein,⁹ and trachea¹⁰ have been recorded. A fairly extensive review of the English-language literature failed to reveal any mention of the scalp being the site of metastatic lesions of a leiomyosarcoma except Gardiner's case in which there were scalp nodules and multiple cutaneous metastases from a leiomyosarcoma of the uterus. The scalp nodules were not subjected to microscopic examination.⁶ No reference was made to any similar cases in the literature of other countries.

Metastasis from leiomyosarcoma of the retroperitoneal area was not reported until 1951,¹⁶ and they are reported only to the liver, peritoneum, and lungs. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
USA

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 9, 1959.

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