DIAGNOSTIC-IMAGING OF PRIMARY HEPATIC LEIOMYOSARCOMA - A CASE-REPORT

Citation
G. Civardi et al., DIAGNOSTIC-IMAGING OF PRIMARY HEPATIC LEIOMYOSARCOMA - A CASE-REPORT, The Italian Journal of Gastroenterology, 28(2), 1996, pp. 98-101
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
ISSN journal
03920623
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
98 - 101
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-0623(1996)28:2<98:DOPHL->2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma is a very rare tumour only eighteen cas es having been reported in the literature, A new case of this tumour i s reported here, in which a complete diagnostic imaging cork-up was pe rformed, leading to the pathologic diagnosis, obtained with ultrasonic ally-guided coarse needle biopsy, Transarterial chemoembolisation, a n ew therapeutic option for this disease, was attempted without success.