2009
DOI: 10.1007/s12558-009-0032-1
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Primary leiomyosarcoma of the adrenal gland

Abstract: Le léiomyosarcome de la surrénale (LS) est une tumeur extrêmement rare. Elle dérive des vestiges de la musculeuse des veines surrénaliennes. Elle touche le plus souvent les patients immunodéprimés (sida ou infectés par le virus d'Epstein-Barr). Même dans ces cas, l'incidence est faible. Nous rapportons un cas de LS, chez un patient de 20 ans, qui s'est présenté pour un syndrome occlusif haut par compression duodénale évoluant depuis une semaine. L'imagerie avait évoqué le diagnostic d'une tumeur surrénalienne … Show more

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“…Treatment modalities depends on size, location, extension of the tumor beside the age and the comorbidities that may have the patient. It is mainly surgical, thus only large radical resection by total laryngectomy with tumor free-margins provide a long survival [ 2 ]. The rate of local recurrence following surgical excision ranges from 35 to 50% [ 17 ].…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Treatment modalities depends on size, location, extension of the tumor beside the age and the comorbidities that may have the patient. It is mainly surgical, thus only large radical resection by total laryngectomy with tumor free-margins provide a long survival [ 2 ]. The rate of local recurrence following surgical excision ranges from 35 to 50% [ 17 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Its laryngeal location was described for the first time by Jackson in 1939 [ 1 ] and since then less than 50 cases have been reported in the literature [ 2 , 3 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%