Leiomyosarcoma of bone arising in association with a bone infarct.
Both primary leiomyosarcoma of bone and sarcoma arising in association with a bone infarct are rare events. In this case report we describe for the first time a case of leiomyosarcoma arising in a bone infarct. The tumour arose in a medullary infarct in the proximal femur of an elderly patient. As in other cases of sarcoma arising in a bone infarct, the prognosis was poor, the patient dying within 6 months of diagnosis.
Department of Pathology Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Oxford Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Oxford OX3 7LD UK.
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Gibbons
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