title: Leiomyosarcoma of the mesentry, a rare mesentric tumour.
abstract: Leiomyosarcoma is extremely rare with a reported incidence of 1:350,000. So accurate preoperative diagnosis of mesenteric soft tissue tumor is generally difficult. Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant tumour arising from smoothcell lineage. Mesenteric leiomyosarcoma occurs most commonly in middle-aged individuals. We describe a case of leiomyosarcoma arising from the ileal mesentery in a 33 year old male patient. The diagnosis was based on histopathologic evaluation using immunohistochemical staining.
authors.affiliation: Departments and Institutions Mes Medical college, Palachode 679,338, India.
authors.forename: Abbas K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sidhic
authors.affiliation: Departments and Institutions Mes Medical college, Palachode 679,338, India.
authors.forename: Mannalakkal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ranjith
authors.affiliation: Departments and Institutions Mes Medical college, Palachode 679,338, India. Electronic address: dr_abid1@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Karat Parambil Abid
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Departments and Institutions Mes Medical college, Palachode 679,338, India.
authors.forename: Pappala Rahul
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Tej
keywords: Gastrointestinal stromal tumour; Keywords; Leiomyosacoma; Mesenchymal tumour