[Leiomyosarcoma of the uterus in young identical twins].
The authors describe the occurrence of a confirmed leiomyosarcoma and a tumor suspected of being a leiomyosarcoma in 23-year-old twin sisters. In one of them the tumor had caused clinical symptoms; in the second it was detected at the presymptomatic stage as a result of increased attention after detection of the first tumor. In the first case treatment consisted in an extended abdominal hysterectomy, sparing one ovary, with bilateral interiliac lymph node extirpation; in the second case, in an extended abdominal hysterectomy with both adnexae and bilateral interiliac lymph node extirpation. So far - 13 and 10 months after the initial treatment, respectively - there are no signs of continued tumor growth in either case.
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D000328:Adult; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology
Leiomyosarkome des Uterus bei jugendlichen eineiigen Zwillingsschwestern.