title: Primary leiomyosarcoma of the patella.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuneyoshi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
mesh_terms: 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