A rare case of leiomyosarcoma arising from a femoral vein tributary: a case report.
Primary vascular tumours are very rare. Most cases are leiomyosarcomas usually arising from large veins such as the inferior vena cava. Involvement of major veins in the limbs is uncommon and of small veins or tributaries extremely uncommon. We report a case of leiomyosarcoma originating from a tributary of the femoral vein in a 55-year-old woman.
Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire et Thoracique, Hôpital Bichat and Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 7, Paris Cedex 18, France. nikolaos.paraskevas@bch.aphp.fr
Nikolaos
N
Paraskevas
Yves
Y
Castier
Marie-Christine
MC
Dauge
Jean-Marc
JM
Alsac
Fady
F
Francis
Salma
S
El Batti
Guy
G
Lesèche
D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy