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Simultaneous lung and liver resection for primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma
J Shimizu1, M Sasaki, Y Nakamura
1Department of Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|January 1, 1997
Summary
Surgical resection offers a cure for primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma, even with hepatic metastasis. A single-stage operation successfully treated a patient with advanced disease, demonstrating the viability of radical surgical intervention.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Thoracic Surgery
- Surgical Pathology
Background:
- Primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor.
- Surgical resection is the only established curative treatment.
- Advanced stages with distant metastases pose treatment challenges.