Leiomyosarcoma of the stomach

RESUMO

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