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Rev. Hosp. Säo Paulo Esc. Paul. Med
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5(1/2): 28-30, Jan.-Jun. 1994. ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-139515
ABSTRACT
The smooth muscle neoplasms from the gastrointestinal tract, such as leiomyomas, leiomyosarcoma and leiomyoblastomas, are rare tumors and represent not more than 1 to 3 per cent of all gastric neoplasms (1,2). The authors report a case of gastric leiomyosarcoma (GL) and discuss the difficulties in the diagnosis, surgical treatment and the factors which are important for prognosis