Leiomyosarcoma of uterus--a case report
A Meina Singh1, Ratan Konjengbam, S S Devi
1Department of Pathology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association
|August 17, 2006
Abstract:
Leiomyosarcoma of uterus is a very rare malignant mesenchymal tumour of uterus. It may arise from the uterine myometrium de novo or may be transformed from a pre-existing benign leiomyoma. A 55-year-old female presenting with 20-22 weeks size of uterus and bleeding per vagina was clinically diagnosed as a case of leiomyoma uteri and cervical polyp, was subjected to abdominal hysterectomy. The tumour mass was later confirmed histologically as leiomyosarcoma of uterus presumed to be transformed from pre-existing leiomyoma uteri.
