title: Subcutaneus leiomyosarcoma of the neck: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Leiomyosarcomas are rare tumors. The most common site for head and neck leiomyosarcomas is the oral cavity, followed by sinonasal tract and skin. Subcutaneous leiomyosarcomas are thought to arise from small to medium-sized blood vessels in the subcutaneous tissue.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 67-year-old female patient underwent excision of a slow growing neck mass of the left posterior neck triangle after a thorough clinical and laboratory examination. The lesion was located in the subcutis and fine needle aspiration biopsy revealed malignant features. Histology revealed subcutaneous leiomyosarcoma and the patient is free from local recurrence and distant metastases 3 years after wide excision of the lesion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The primary modality of therapy of subcutaneous leiomyosarcoma is surgery, adjuvant radiotherapy or chemotherapy may be used for control of local recurrence, in case of positive surgical margins, high-grade or large tumors.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, General Hospital of Volos, Greece. skoulakis@otenet.gr.
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Skoulakis
authors.forename: Theognosia S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Chimona
authors.forename: Paraskevi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tsirevelou
authors.forename: Chariton E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Papadakis