Radiologic evaluation of gastrointestinal leiomyosarcomatosis

Korman U., Ersavasti G., Kurugoglu S., Uygun N., Akman C.

EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY, cilt.7, sa.8, ss.1332-1334, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 1997
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s003300050298
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1332-1334
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: intestinal neoplasms, diagnosis, leiomyosarcoma, CT, MR imaging, PERITONEAL LEIOMYOSARCOMATOSIS, INTESTINAL LEIOMYOMAS, CT FINDINGS
  • Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A 68-year-old woman who had previously undergone small intestinal resection because of leiomyosarcoma was referred to our clinic with epigastric pain. A double-contrast barium study and the subsequent abdominopelvic CT and abdominal MRI examinations demonstrated multiple extraluminal growing tumors arising from the walls of stomach, small bowell, and colon. A CT-guided aspiration biopsy revealed malignant mesenchymal tumor. The presence of disseminated intra-abdominal masses without concomitant ascites and invasion of tissue planes on CT in a patient operated on prior because of a leiomyosarcoma led to the diagnosis of gastrointestinal leiomyosarcomatosis. In this report we discuss the radiological approach to this rare entity.