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A 30-year-old male with primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma on the trunk developed pulmonary, bone, and retroperitoneal metastases 6 years after wide surgical excision, demonstrating an unusually aggressive course.
Case Report (n=1)
Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma can exhibit an aggressive clinical course with delayed distant metastases, highlighting the need for long-term follow-up.
Alerts clinicians to possible late metastases after cutaneous leiomyosarcoma excision; leaves open optimal surveillance duration and risk factors.
Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma (PCL) are soft-tissue sarcoma, arising in the dermis, with or without extension into the subcutis. They are thought to have an indolent course compared to their subcutaneous counterparts, they may recur but rarely metastases. We report the case of a patient with a PCL arising in the anterior trunk wall who developed pulmonary, bone and retroperitoneal metastases 6 years after wide surgical excision of the primary tumor.
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Hmida et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma (n=1). Wide surgical excision was evaluated on Development of metastases and disease progression. A 30-year-old male with primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma on the trunk developed pulmonary, bone, and retroperitoneal metastases 6 years after wide surgical excision, demonstrating an unusually aggressive course.
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