Intestinal leiomyosarcoma in childhood

Abstract

A 4-month-old boy with leiomyosarcoma of the ileum presented to us with complete intestinal obstruction. Small gut resection was done. The child was well 9 months after surgery with no evidence of a recurrence.

Multifocal leiomyosarcoma of the small intestine in childhood

“…Although leiomyosarcoma accounts for 20% of all small intestinal malignancies in adults, only ten cases of small intestinal leiomyosarcoma in children have been reported in the English literature [2][3][4]. Recently, we treated a 4-year-old Chinese boy with leiomyosarcoma involving the duodenum, ileum and appendix.…”