Song K Y, Jang Y W, Kim M K, Lee G Y, Sung R H
Department of Pathology, College of medicine, Chung-Ang University, Dongjakku, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 1991 Dec;6(4):372-5. doi: 10.3346/jkms.1991.6.4.372.
Though leiomyosarcoma usually occurs in the gastrointestinal tract and uterus, it rarely occurs in the wall of large veins and arteries. We present a case of primary leiomyosarcoma arising in the great saphenous vein of the left inner thigh and spreading for some extent along the vein in a 54 year old female. Diagnosis was confirmed by desmin stain and electron microscopy. Postoperative course was fine. This is the first report of this in Korean literature.