Fibrosarcoma of the uterus: a case report.
BACKGROUND
This case report presents the management of a patient with fibrosarcoma of the uterus. Until recently, no cases of fibrosarcomas of the uterus have been reported in the literature.


METHODS
A 40-year-old woman presented with complaints of slight vaginal bleeding, watery, white discharge and abdominal pain of 3 weeks' duration. The patient underwent total abdominal hysterectomy. Intraoperative findings included an enlarged irregular-shaped uterus with lots of leiomyoma nodules. The largest leiomyoma nodule was about 8 cm in size and contained an area classified as a fibrosarcoma, presenting cellular immature-appearing fibroblasts growing in a fascicular arrangement. Because of the limited extension of the fibrosarcoma, no adjuvant therapy was performed. After surgical therapy the patient was followed without any evidence of disease for five years.


CONCLUSIONS
Fibrosarcoma is a poorly-circumscribed infiltrative spindle soft tissue sarcoma, which is characterized by local growth and has a propensity for local recurrence. Metastases can occur, mostly to lung and bone. The treatment of choice is wide surgical excision usually followed by radiation therapy due to the high local recurrence rate.
Bodner-Adler
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Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria.
Bodner
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Czerwenka
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Leodolter
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Mayerhofer
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery