title: Pancreatic leiomyosarcoma in a middle-aged lady.
abstract: Leiomyosarcoma is an uncommon malignant tumour of the pancreas. Many retroperitoneal leiomyosarcomas grow silently and are extremely large when diagnosed. We report a 45 year old lady who presented with abdominal lump and haemoptysis. Ultrasound guided biopsy of the mass revealed a pancreatic leiomyosarcoma. The patient had lung metastasis and received chemotherapy. She is alive with disease at last followup.
authors.affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gairola
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Nachiappan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Rathi
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Rath
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology