title: Leiomyosarcoma occurring in the ligamentum teres of the liver: a case report and a review of seven reported cases.
abstract: We treated a 49-year-old male with leiomyosarcoma of the ligamentum teres of the liver. Preoperative hepatic imagings revealed a mass in the median segment of the liver. The patient underwent surgery, and the mass, measuring 6x5cm in size, was pathologically diagnosed as leiomyosarcoma arising from the ligamentum teres. To our knowledge, only eight cases of this rare tumor have been reported to date in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Furui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomioka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged