title: Primary leiomyosarcoma of the ureter.
abstract: Malignant tumors of the ureteral smooth muscle are rare and the prognosis is not clear. This is a report of a patient with primary leiomyosarcoma of the ureter surviving 9 years and 9 months postoperatively without any evidence of recurrence. Malignancy of the ureter was suspected on the basis of angiography and radical nephro-ureterectomy was performed without positive cytology results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Terahata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hatano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery