Leiomyosarcoma uteri in a white woman.
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Sarcoma of the corpus uteri should be considered as a differential diagnosis in postmenopausal women presenting with severe abdominal pain, thought to be due to degenerative changes of leiomyoma uteri. We present a rare case of leiomyosarcoma in a postmenopausal White woman. Diagnosis was missed preoperatively for degenerating uterine fibroid.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of African medicine
دوره 9 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010