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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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01-08-2012 | Case Report

Primary mediastinal leiomyosarcoma

Author: Mohammad Vaziri

Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 8/2012

Abstract

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the mediastinum is a very rare malignant mesenchymal tumor, which may arise in the soft tissue of the mediastinum or from the great vessels. Due to its rarity and nonspecific clinical symptoms, the correct diagnosis and proper management are often delayed and not well established. We report a 55-year-old woman with a large right-sided mediastinal leiomyosarcoma with adhesion to the pericardium and right middle lobe, which was completely removed via right thoracotomy along with pericardial resection and right middle lobectomy.

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Title: Primary mediastinal leiomyosarcoma
Author: Mohammad Vaziri
Publication date: 01-08-2012
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue 8/2012
Print ISSN: 1863-6705
Electronic ISSN: 1863-6713
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-012-0031-5

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