M Mencoboni, M Bergaglio, M Truini, M Varaldo
Medical Oncology Unit, "Villa Scassi" Hospital, Genova, Italy.
Clin Med Oncol. 2008;2:353-6. doi: 10.4137/cmo.s627. Epub 2008 Apr 28.
The case presented here illustrates a 75 year old female patient who underwent surgical resection of a right adrenal mass of uncertain nature. The final histological diagnosis was consistent with leiomyosarcoma arising from the adrenal anatomic site.PRIMARY LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF THE ADRENAL GLAND IS A VERY RARE MALIGNANT MESENCHYMAL NEOPLASM: to our knowledge, this is only the twelfth case reported in literature.We describe the clinical course and a brief review of clinical and histological features, biologic behaviour, diagnostic approaches and therapeutic strategies.
此处呈现的病例是一位75岁女性患者,她接受了对性质不明的右侧肾上腺肿块的手术切除。最终组织学诊断与起源于肾上腺解剖部位的平滑肌肉瘤相符。肾上腺原发性平滑肌肉瘤是一种非常罕见的恶性间叶肿瘤:据我们所知,这是文献中报道的第十二例。我们描述了临床病程,并简要回顾了临床和组织学特征、生物学行为、诊断方法及治疗策略。