Introduction: Leiomyosarcoma of the venous system is rare, even more so in the greater
saphenous vein. In the 85 years since van Ree described the first case in 1919 only 25 …

OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of primary leiomyosarcoma of the great saphenous vein.
PATIENT RECORD: A 59-year-old Chinese lady presented with two painful lumps in the …

Leiomyosarcomas rarely arise in primary veins, especially the great saphenous vein. We
have found only 20 case reports of leiomyosarcoma arising in the great saphenous vein …

Leiomyosarcoma of the great saphenous vein Page 1 International Orthopaedic s (SICOT) (1992)
16:185 - 187 International Orthopaedics © Springer-Verlag 1992 Leiomyosarcoma of the great …

Introduction and importance Vascular smooth muscle sarcomas are rare neoplasms that
comprise less than 2% of all leiomyosarcomas. These malignancies usually originate in the …

Soft tissue sarcomas are very rare tumors, representing less than 1% of all cancers.
Leiomyosarcomas are a rare group of them representing about 6% of soft tissue sarcomas …

Peripheral vascular leiomyosarcomas are rare. Two cases of intramural leiomyosarcomas of
the great saphenous vein are described. The first case is considered a high-grade sarcoma …

Vascular leiomyosarcomas are rare malignant tumours originating from the media of the
vessel wall. Six patients (five women and one man, aged 44-66 years) have been treated for …

Greater saphenous vein tumors are exceedingly rare, whether benign or malignant.
Leiomyoma is one of the benign vascular tumors that can present as a localized mass; …

A 48 years old male presenting with a painless tumor of the right thigh is reported. An initial
surgical excision showed that the tumor was joint to the saphenous vein. The …