[A case of retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma with abdominal wall recurrence 7 years after the first operation].
A 79-year-old man presented with a mass lesion under the left kidney that was revealed by abdominal ultrasonography. The retroperitoneal tumor was removed by transabdominal exploration. Histopathological diagnosis was a leiomyosarcoma. Seven years after the first operation, he presented with left flank pain. Computed tomography showed a mass lesion in the abdominal wall. Tumor resection was performed. The pathological diagnosis was recurrence of leiomyosarcoma. The patient remains free from disease recurrence 1 year after the second surgery.
The Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Nozomu
N
Kishimoto
Tetsuya
T
Takao
Takuji
T
Hayashi
Yuichiro
Y
Yamaguchi
Yasushi
Y
Miyagawa
Akira
A
Tsujimura
Norio
N
Nonomura
D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*