A Long Survival Case of Liver Metastases from Leiomyosarcoma of the Antebrachium

Ryutaro Mori, Yasuhiko Nagano, Michio Ueda, Kenichi Matsuo*, Chikara Kunisaki and Hiroshi Shimada*

Department of Surgery, Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine*

A 79-year-old man undergoing leiomyosarcoma resection of the antebrachium 6 years earlier and referred for a liver tumor found in computed tomography (CT) was diagnosed with liver tumors with multiple metastases from antebrachial leiomyosarcoma by biopsy, necessitating extended S4 segmentectomy and S8 partial hepatic resection of liver. He remains alive for 4 year with no recurrence. Superficial leiomyosarcoma is very rare, and its subcutaneous form involves a high rate of recurrence and metastasis. We report this case due to the patient's long survival after complete metastatic lesion resection.

Key words
leiomyosarcoma, liver metastasis, hepatectomy

Reprint requests
Yasuhiko Nagano Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center
4-57 Urafune-cho, Yokohama, 232-0024 JAPAN

Accepted
October 22, 2008

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