Colonic metastasis from a primary renal leiomyosarcoma: an unusual cause of gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the kidney is rare. We report the first case of such a tumor that metastasized to the colon and was manifested by gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
Buchman
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Section of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Houston Health Sciences Center, 77030, USA.
Truong
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*