title: Peripheral artery leiomyosarcoma.
abstract: Vascular leiomyosarcomas are extremely rare tumors and represent only 0.001% of all malignancies. Venous leiomyosarcomas occur five times more often than arterial ones, with 50% of them originating in the inferior vena cava (IVC). Arterial leiomyosarcomas are most commonly encountered in the great vessels with less than 50% of them occurring in the peripheral circulation. A total of only seven cases of arterial leiomyosarcomas involving the femoral artery have been reported in literature to date. We report a case of an arterial leiomyosarcoma involving the profunda femoris artery, and provide a comprehensive review on peripheral arterial leiomyosarcomas-distribution, clinical presentation, radiological and histological diagnosis, staging, and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ 07039, USA.
authors.forename: Sujit Vijay
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Sakpal
authors.forename: Rohin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Babel
authors.forename: Ronald Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D017984:Enoxaparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D017984:Enoxaparin