title: Review of vascular leiomyosarcoma and report of a case localized to the greater saphenous vein of the ankle.
abstract: Smooth muscle sarcomas involving blood vessels, leiomyosarcomas, are rare, making up less than 2% of all leiomyosarcomas. Leiomyosarcoma of the saphenous vein is even more uncommon, with nearly all cases reported occurring in the thigh. This article reviews leiomyosarcoma of blood vessels and reports on a 62-year-old woman with an extremely rare case of a leiomyosarcoma of the distal portion of the greater saphenous at the ankle.
authors: Foot and Ankle Section, Department of Orthopaedics, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI 54449, USA. bibbo.christopher@marshfieldclinic.org
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Bibbo
authors: Marcus
authors: M
authors: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D000842:Ankle / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D018235:Smooth Muscle Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery