creators_name: Kaul, R creators_name: Sharma, J creators_id: shivanshraina@yahoo.co.in editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2010-09-13 03:55:36 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:41 metadata_visibility: show title: Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Ovary ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Ovary, Leiomyosarcoma, Ovarian neoplasms abstract: Primary ovarian leiomyosarcomas is a rare neoplasm which comprises less than 3% of ovarian tumors. Their origin, etiology, histologic features, clinical behavior, and optimal treatment are still obscure. We report a case of leiomyosarcoma of ovary, diagnosed on histopathology in a 60 year old female and discuss the literature. date: 2009-11-15 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 8 number: 3 publisher: Dr. BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Bouie SM, Cracchiolo B, Heller D. Epithelioid leiomyosarcoma of the ovary. Gynecologic Oncology 2005;97:697–9. 2. Dixit S, Singhal S, Baboo H, Vyas RK, Neema JP, Murthy R et al. Leiomyosarcoma of the ovary. J Postgrad Med 1993;39:151–3 3. Friedman HD, Mazur M. Primary ovarian leiomyosarcoma. An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1991;115:941–5. 4. Kurian RR, Preethi J, Remadevi AV. Leiomyosarcoma of ovary- a case report. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2005;48:19-20 citation: Kaul, R and Sharma, J (2009) Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Ovary. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/6963/1/2009-3-16.pdf