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Colon leiomyosarcoma

MedGen UID:
232380
•Concept ID:
C1333093
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Colon Leiomyosarcoma; colon leiomyosarcoma; Colonic Leiomyosarcoma; colonic leiomyosarcoma; Leiomyosarcoma of colon; Leiomyosarcoma of Colon; leiomyosarcoma of colon; Leiomyosarcoma of the Colon; leiomyosarcoma of the colon
SNOMED CT: Leiomyosarcoma of colon (1156788007)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003351

Definition

An aggressive malignant smooth muscle neoplasm that arises from the colon. It is characterized by a proliferation of neoplastic spindle cells. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVColon leiomyosarcoma

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PubMed

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: differential diagnosis.
Dow N, Giblen G, Sobin LH, Miettinen M
Semin Diagn Pathol 2006 May;23(2):111-9. doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2006.09.002. PMID: 17193824
Management of less common tumors of the colon, rectum, and anus.
Cuffy M, Abir F, Longo WE
Clin Colorectal Cancer 2006 Jan;5(5):327-37. doi: 10.3816/CCC.2006.n.002. PMID: 16512991
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors--definition, clinical, histological, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic features and differential diagnosis.
Miettinen M, Lasota J
Virchows Arch 2001 Jan;438(1):1-12. doi: 10.1007/s004280000338. PMID: 11213830

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Diagnosis

Leiomyosarcoma of the colon presenting as acute suppurative peritonitis.
Iwasa K, Taniguchi K, Noguchi M, Yamashita H, Kitagawa M
Surg Today 1997;27(4):337-44. doi: 10.1007/BF00941809. PMID: 9086551

Clinical prediction guides

Leiomyosarcoma of the colon presenting as acute suppurative peritonitis.
Iwasa K, Taniguchi K, Noguchi M, Yamashita H, Kitagawa M
Surg Today 1997;27(4):337-44. doi: 10.1007/BF00941809. PMID: 9086551

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