Mediastinal Leiomyosarcoma

Known as: Leiomyosarcoma of Mediastinum, Leiomyosarcoma of the Mediastinum

An aggressive malignant smooth muscle neoplasm, arising from the mediastinum. It is characterized by a proliferation of neoplastic spindle cells.

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Review

2020

Review

2020

Primary mediastinal leiomyosarcomas are malignant sarcomas with unknown etiology not deriving from the smooth muscle fiber of the…

2015

2013

We report a case of a large intra-aortic thrombosis in an 83-year-old woman concurrent with metastatic mediastinal leiomyosarcoma…

2012

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the mediastinum is a very rare malignant mesenchymal tumor, which may arise in the soft tissue of the…

2005

1999

Leiomyosarcomas are extremely rare tumors which develop from smooth muscle, usually in the esophagus and large vessels (inferior…

1998

Thirty-one men (age range, 46-76 years; mean age, 64.8 years) with intrathoracic masses suggesting possible malignancy on the…

1996

Even when clinical data strongly suggest the presence of a metastatic neoplasm in the breast, this occurrence almost invariably…

Review

1993

Review

1993

A 44-year-old woman complaining of thoracic back pain was found to have a large mediastinal leiomyosarcoma. This was completely…

1980