descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 1992 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:International Orthopaedics, volume 16, pages 185-187 (issn: 0341-2695, eissn: 1432-5195,

Authors: Y, Saglik; F, Icli; O, Uluoglu; Z U, Isiklar;

doi: 10.1007/bf00180214

pmid: 1428321

Leiomyosarcoma of the great saphenous vein

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Abstract

Primary malignant tumours of the great saphenous vein are extremely rare with only 15 cases reported in the English literature since 1919. We report a patient who survived 5.5 years after treatment with surgery and chemotherapy before dying from lung metastases.

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Keywords

Leiomyosarcoma, Lung Neoplasms, Humans, Female, Saphenous Vein, Vascular Diseases, Middle Aged, Mitoxantrone, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Combined Modality Therapy

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