title: [Clinicopathological analysis of leiomyosarcomas of the small intestine and a review of the Japanese literature].
abstract: An analysis has been made of 9 cases of a leiomyosarcoma of the small intestine that were treated from 1974 through 1989. In two patients (22.2%), a perforation was seen, and a case report of a 59-year-old woman is presented. Further, case reports of leiomyosarcomas in the Japanese literature from 1980 through 1989 were clinico-pathologically analyzed. The frequency of a perforation was found to be 8.6%, and the distribution of the perforated leiomyosarcomas was the same as for the non-perforated cases. The five-year postoperative survival rate was 41.2%. Of note is that 3 out of 10 patients that had survived for 5 years subsequently died of sarcomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Fukui Prefectural Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaizaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Misaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanikawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate