Open AccessPrimary prostatic leiomyosarcoma in an adult
Author(s) -
Naresh Kumar Agarwal,
Lalgudi Narayanan Dorairajan,
Santosh Kumar,
Chandra R. Murthy,
Ramya Krishnan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.24661
Subject(s) - medicine , leiomyosarcoma , primary treatment , prostate , doxorubicin , chemotherapy , overall survival , oncology , surgery , cancer
Leiomyosarcoma of prostate is rare accounting for 0.1% of prostatic malignancies. It has a very poor prognosis although rate of survival is variable. Treatment recommendations are difficult to establish due to the rarity of the tumour. Here we report a case of primary prostatic leiomyosarcoma in an adult treated by primary excision of mass followed by doxorubicin based chemotherapy. Patient subsequently developed local recurrence and disseminated secondaries and was then lost to follow up