A 49-year-old male presented with a painful mass in the left scrotum. An inguinal orchiectomy was performed. Pathological examination revealed a well-differentiated leiomyosarcoma completely located inside the testicular parenchyma. We report this unusual case because primary leiomyosarcoma of the testis proper is extremely rare; our patient being the 19th case recorded thus far in the medical ...

Patient. A 65-year old man who had previously undergone surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia presented with symptoms of recurrent bladder outflow obstruction. Cystoscopy revealed the presence of recurrent tissue.Results. Histology identified a leiomyosarcoma. Several years after further surgery and radiotherapy, the patient presented with secondaries in the lungs and brain, but there was no...

Primary leiomyosarcomas rarely arise from epididymis. But they are the most common histopathological types of sarcoma arising from the epididymis. Primary epididymal leiomyosarcoma occurs usually in older patients. We report a young patient of 35 years presenting with leiomyosarcoma of left epididymis. He did not have any metastasis and underwent left high inguinal orchiectomy. He is on regular...

primary pancreatic leiomyosarcomas are rare malignant neoplasms with an aggressive course and a large size. a 56-year-old woman presented with an 8-year history of abdominal pain. multislice computed tomography revealed a large heterogeneous mass with necrotic, calcified and macroscopic fatty areas. the tumor was excised. histopathological evaluation revealed leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas. if ...

Uterine leiomyosarcoma mimics leiomyoma of the uterus clinically and on ultrasound imaging. The clinical course prognosis are however markedly different .The entity may commonly present as a pelvic recurrence after initial surgery for unsuspected leiomyosarcoma. rarity this renders pre-operative diagnosis to be often missed. staging uncommon variant is significantly influenced by histopathologi...

The case of a 64 year old female who was known to have gallstones is presented. She was admitted to the Hospital following an attack of acute cholecystitis. Ten days after vigorous conservative treatment cholecystectomy was performed. The histological examination showed the presence of the gallbladder leiomyosarcoma. Primary sarcomas of the gallbladder are rare, leiomyosarcoma being the most in...

Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare tumor, and it needs complete surgical resection for cure. In addition, the reconstruction of IVC is necessary in many cases. Herein, we indicate the case of a 57-year-old female with leiomyosarcoma in segment I of the IVC, which grew deep into vascular lumen. She underwent complete en bloc resection of the tumor and IVC reconstruction by ...

Giant leiomyosarcoma of scrotum is a rare tumour. A case of scrotum leiomyosarcoma is presented in a 67 year old patient with scrotal filariasis which was managed successfully with total scrotectomy with bilateral orchidectomy, degloved penis reconstructed with rotation advancement supra pubic fasciocutaneous flap. We made a literature search proving the rarity of this lesion type. Only 36 case...

An unusual case of post-radiation primary intranodal leiomyosarcoma of the cervical lymph node is presented. The patient was a 32-year-old white man who was treated in 1986 with hemiglossectomy and right neck dissection, followed by radiation therapy, for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. Six years later, he presented with an enlarged left cervical lymph node which on biopsy showed a high ...

Leiomyosarcoma is a rare tumor that originates in the smooth muscle, usually in the gastrointestinal tract, the retroperitoneum and the genitourinary tract. The omentum has been rarely reported as a primary site of occurrence with leiomyosarcoma. A 72 year-old woman, with palpable mass on the left upper quadrant of abdomen and weight loss, was admitted to St. Paul's Hospital. Abdominal CT scan ...