title: Primary myxoid leiomyosarcoma of the ovary. A case report with review of the literature.
abstract: A case of primary myxoid leiomyosarcoma of the ovary in a 50-year-old Tunisian woman is presented. Bilateral salpingooophorectomy and hysterectomy were carried out without any adjuvant therapy. The tumour were investigated histologically and immunohistochemically. Smooth-muscle actin and progesterone receptors was strongly demonstrated in neoplastic cells, bcl-2 was weakly and diffusely demonstrated. Relevant literature is reviewed based on the histologic and immunohistochemical features with emphasis on diagnosis and therapeutic problems and prognosis indicators.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie et Cyrologie Pathologiques, CHU Sart-Tilman Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: Amel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mutijima
authors.forename: Amal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Hossini Soua
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gassoumi
authors.forename: Sassi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouguizane
authors.forename: Moncef
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mokni
authors.forename: Mohamed T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Yacoubi
authors.forename: Sadok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korbi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010052:Ovariectomy