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Ozluk E, Wei EX, Cotelingam J, et al. Primary Pulmonary Leiomyosarcoma in a Forty-Year-Old Woman. Case Rep Oncol. 2021;14(3):1333-1336doi: 10.1159/000516273.
Ozluk, E., Wei, E. X., Cotelingam, J., & Shackelford, R. E. (2021). Primary Pulmonary Leiomyosarcoma in a Forty-Year-Old Woman. Case reports in oncology, 14(3), 1333-1336. https://doi.org/10.1159/000516273
Ozluk, Ekin, et al. "Primary Pulmonary Leiomyosarcoma in a Forty-Year-Old Woman." Case reports in oncology vol. 14,3 (2021): 1333-1336. doi: https://doi.org/10.1159/000516273
Ozluk E, Wei EX, Cotelingam J, Shackelford RE. Primary Pulmonary Leiomyosarcoma in a Forty-Year-Old Woman. Case Rep Oncol. 2021 Sep 20;14(3):1333-1336. doi: 10.1159/000516273. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34720937; PMCID: PMC8525287.
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Case Rep Oncol. 2021 Sep 20;14(3):1333-1336. doi: 10.1159/000516273. eCollection 2021.

Primary Pulmonary Leiomyosarcoma in a Forty-Year-Old Woman.

Case reports in oncology

Ekin Ozluk, Eric X Wei, James Cotelingam, Rodney E Shackelford

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology & Translational Pathobiology, LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
  2. Department of Pathology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.

PMID: 34720937 PMCID: PMC8525287 DOI: 10.1159/000516273

Abstract

Primary pulmonary leiomyosarcomas (PPLs) are rare aggressive malignancies originating from the smooth muscle cells of the pulmonary interstitium, bronchial tree, or blood vessels. Accounting for <0.5% of lung tumors, PPLs are often initially undetected or misdiagnosed as pulmonary emboli, cardiac neoplasms, or as other more common lung cancer subtypes. Due to their aggressive and often lethal clinical profile, the diagnostic delay of PPL can significantly affect patient outcomes and must be avoided. Here we describe a case of PPL in a 40-year-old woman.

Copyright © 2021 by S. Karger AG, Basel.

Keywords: Leiomyosarcoma; Lobectomy; Pulmonary

Conflict of interest statement

We report no conflicts of interests.

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