title: A case of leiomyosarcoma of the diaphragm.
abstract: A patient with a rare leiomyosarcoma of the diaphragm was encountered. A 74-year-old woman was admitted complaining of left shoulder pain and hypochondralgia. A mass was found on the left side of the diaphragm on imaging studies. Laparoscopic biopsy was performed and the diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma was established histopathologically. To improve her complaint, removal of the mass was attempted, which resulted in compromise resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hishiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katoh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed