G. Civardi et al., DIAGNOSTIC-IMAGING OF PRIMARY HEPATIC LEIOMYOSARCOMA - A CASE-REPORT, The Italian Journal of Gastroenterology, 28(2), 1996, pp. 98-101
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.