Primary leiomyosarcoma of the patella.
We report on a case of primary leiomyosarcoma of the patella in a 59-year-old woman. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this rare tumor in a bone where malignant lesions rarely occur.
Inoue
S
S
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tanaka
K
K
Sakamoto
A
A
Matsuda
S
S
Tsuneyoshi
M
M
Iwamoto
Y
Y
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography