title: Primary leiomyosarcoma of gallbladder.
abstract: Malignant mesenchymalneoplasms of the gallbladder are extremely rare with only 105 cases of primary gallbladder sarcoma having been described. It has a very aggressive behavior and is usually diagnosed at advanced stages. Therefore, curative surgical management may not be possible. We performed a radical cholecystectomy (S4b + S5 segmentectomy), omentectomy and small bowel resection in a 54-year-old patient with locally invasive leiomyosarcoma of the gallbladder. Further studies are needed to confirm the benefit of aggressive treatment for patients with leiomyosarcoma of the gallbladder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyung-Il
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Sung Pil
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Suk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Joo Yeun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Koon Taek
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Han