[Pulmonary metastasis of uterine leiomyosarcoma 8 years after hysterectomy; report of a case].
A 57-year-old woman, who had undergone hysterectomy for uterine leiomyosarcoma 8 years ago, was admitted to our hospital for pulmonary tumors on chest X-ray. Two tumors were recognized on each side at left and right lung field by computed tomography (CT). Two-staged tumor resection was performed by left thoracotomy and by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in the right. The histologic findings showed that those tumors were metastases of uterine leiomyosarcoma. This case suggests that the long term follow-up is necessary in the case of uterine leiomyosarcoma after operation.
Funada
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagahama City Hospital, Nagahama, Japan.
Ohno
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N
Noguchi
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Kamakari
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K
Terada
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Y
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery