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KMID : 0358419960390081563
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Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1996 Volume.39 No. 8 p.1563 ~ p.1567
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A Case of Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Vagina
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Abstract
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The primary malignant neoplasm of the vagina is rare and represents about 1% of all gynecologic malignancies. The majority are carcinomas. Primary sarcomas of vagina constitute only 2 % of all malignant neoplasms of vagina. But sarcomas are the
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common malignant mesenchymal tumor in the vagina. Among sarcomas, sarcomas, sarcoma botryoides predominates in childhood, whereas leiomyosarcoma is the most common neoplasm in adults.
Because of the rareness of the leiomyosarcomas, the standard criteria of diagnosis and histopathologic classification have not been established, therefore the recommendation of the treatment modality also has not been established.
We have recently experienced a case of primary leiomyosarcoma arising from vagina in 45 year-old woman and report our case with a brief review of the literature.
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