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Diffuse leiomyosarcomatosis of the colon
Author(s) -
Zornig Carsten,
Thoma Gerd,
Schröder Sören
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19900201)65:3<570::aid-cncr2820650330>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , rectum , leiomyosarcoma , proctocolectomy , colitis , gastroenterology , pathology , disease
Smooth muscle cell tumors of the large bowel excluding the rectum are extremely rare. The case of a 30‐year‐old patient, who had ulcerative colitis for 5 years, is reported. Because of uncontrollable bleeding a proctocolectomy was performed. Along the whole colon the authors found more than 50 polypous tumors with a diameter up to 5 cm. Histologically all of these tumors were classified as leiomyosarcomas. The authors believe this to be the first reported case of multicentric leiomyosarcoma of the colon and of such a tumor associated with a history of ulcerative colitis.