Two Cases of Leiomyosarcoma in Stomach.
- Author:
Woon Chul YEO
1
;
Gi Sup LEE
;
Byung Il KIM
;
Hong Sup LIM
;
Jong Min HONG
;
Kil Jong YOU
;
Myung Jun KIM
;
Jae Gap LEE
;
Dong Il BYUN
;
Jung Hae YUN
;
Hyun Sik MIN
;
Soo Nam LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Inchon Christian Hospital, Inchon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Leiomyosarcoma;
Stomach
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Diagnosis;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Leiomyosarcoma*;
Liver;
Lung;
Lymph Nodes;
Stomach Neoplasms;
Stomach*;
Ulcer;
Viscera
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2000;21(2):633-637
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Leiomyosarcomas make up approximately 1 to 3% of all gastric neoplasms. The most prevalent age group was 6th and 7th decades. The main symptoms and signs were abdominal pain and bleeding. They most frequently involve gastric body and often ulcerate and bleed. Diagnosis can be established only by exploratory operation and histologic examination. Leiomyosarcomas rarely invade adjacent viscera and characteristically do not metastasize to lymph nodes, but they may spread to the liver and lungs. The treatment of choice is surgical resection. We report two cases of gastric leiomyosarcoma which was successfully treated surgically.
