Calcified leiomyosarcoma simulating uterine myoma in a patient with long-standing anaemia.
A case of small bowel leiomyosarcoma in a 75-year-old woman is reviewed. The patient had an unexplained anaemia with occult blood in the faeces for at least 15 years. The value of different radiological investigations in patients with suspected gastrointestinal bleeding is discussed. The possible significance of calcifications visible on plain abdominal films is emphasized.
Nilsson
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Akademiska sjukhuset, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Ahlström
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Nilsson
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D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*