Erschienen in:
29.12.2016 | Case Report
Leiomyosarcoma Involving the Pancreas Diagnosed by Endoscopic Ultrasound Fine-Needle Aspiration
verfasst von:
Mohamed Abdelfatah, Eric M. Gochanour
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Ausgabe 3/2018
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Excerpt
Soft tissue sarcomas are rare tumors that usually affect the extremities but can occasionally present as retroperitoneal masses [
1]. Pancreatic leiomyosarcoma (PLMS) is an exceptionally uncommon neoplasm that accounts for only 0.1% of all pancreatic malignancies [
2,
3]. To date, 70 patients have been diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas reported in the literature. Almost all of the cases were diagnosed after resection or by biopsy. Endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has proven to be a safe and effective method for diagnosing neoplasms within or adjacent to the gastrointestinal tract [
2]. We report the third case of leiomyosarcoma involving the pancreas and extending into the porta hepatis that was successfully diagnosed using EUS-FNA cytology [
4,
5]. …