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Leiomyosarcoma of the cervix uteri
Disease definition
Leiomyosarcoma of the cervix uteri is a rare, malignant mesenchymal tumor of smooth muscle origin, macroscopically appearing as a large, poorly circumscribed mass, often protruding from the cervical canal or expanding it circumferentially. The most common presenting symptoms are vaginal discharge or bleeding, pain in the lower abdomen and a bulky cervical mass. There is a reported tendency to metastatsize hematogenously, especially to the lungs, peritoneum, bones and the liver.
ORPHA:213807
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- Cervical leiomyosarcoma
- Prevalence: -
- Inheritance: -
- Age of onset: Adult, Elderly
- ICD-10: C53.0 C53.1 C53.8
- ICD-11: 2B58.1
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: C4289817
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2017) Español (2017) Français (2017) Italiano (2017) Nederlands (2017)
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- Français (2011) - INCa


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