title: Primary leiomyosarcoma or leiomyoma of the pubic bone? A case report.
abstract: We report a case of what appeared to be a primary leiomyosarcoma of the left pubic bone of a female aged 23 years. Forty-eight cases of the tumour have been recorded in the literature since 1944, only two of which were in the pelvis. The tumour in our patient was treated by curettage and there was no recurrence in the following 3 years. The tumour cells showed only mild cellular atypism and 2 to 3 mitoses per 10 high-power fields. These finding suggest that the tumour might be an extremely rare leiomyoma of bone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Takami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ieguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuniyoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakasa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakurai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery