title: Giant Cutaneous Leiomyosarcoma Originating From the Abdominal Wall: A Case Report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Leiomyosarcoma, a rare type of tumor, accounts for 5-10% of all soft tissue tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 44-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency service of our medical faculty with the complaints of fatigue and abdominal mass.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pathology result was leiomyosarcoma. Leiomyosarcoma of the skin is rare and our case is the largest such lesion reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eken
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Servet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karagul
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Topgül
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Savaş
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoruker
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Necati
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozen
authors.affiliation: 0.
authors.forename: Seda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gun
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mecdi Gurhan
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Balci
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Somuncu
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cimen
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soyturk
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karavas
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*