Triple synchronous malignant tumors. Hepatic leiomyosarcoma, splenic hemangiosarcoma and sigmoid colon cancer. Case report.
Malignant tumors of three types were synchronous in the same patient--sigmoid colon cancer and two extremely rare sarcomas, viz. hepatic leiomyosarcoma and hemangiosarcoma of the spleen. All tumors could be radically resected in one operation.
Kinoshita
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Second Department of Surgery, Osaka University Hospital, Japan.
Sakon
M
M
Monden
M
M
Gotoh
M
M
Kobayashi
K
K
Okuda
H
H
Kuroda
C
C
Sakurai
M
M
Okamura
J
J
Mori
T
T
D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery