LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF THE SAPHENOUS-VEIN - RE PORT OF ONE CASE

A 48 years old male presenting with a painless tumor of the right thig h is reported. An initial surgical excision showed that the tumor was joint to the saphenous vein, The histopathological study showed that i t was a venous vascular leiomyosarcoma of intermediate degree of malig nancy. The patients was re-operated performing a resection of the abdu ctor muscle and two weeks later was subjected to radiotherapy (50 Gray ) The only postoperative sequel was a moderate lymphedema of the right limb. This is the firs reported case in the Chilean literature.