[Pulmonary resection of lung metastases of a uterine leiomyosarcoma: report of a case].
We report a 45 years-old woman operated in 2003 for a stage IV uterine leiomyosarcoma with lung metastases. Pulmonary metastases were surgically excised in 2003, 2005 and finally in July, 2006. Since then, the patient is in good conditions. There is evidence that resection of pulmonary metastases of gynecologic cancers, when the primary tumor is controlled, significantly prolongs survival.
Sección Cirugía de Tórax, División de Cirugía, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. jclavero@med.puc.cl
José M
JM
Clavero R
Mauricio
M
Cuello F
Adriana
A
Castiblanco G
Rodrigo
R
Aparicio R
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*