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GYN: Leiomyosarcoma Following Fibroid EmbolizationFrom: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)Tue Nov 16 13:17:15 2004
It was bound to happen ... Leiomyosarcoma in a premenopausal patient after uterine artery embolization Jay Goldberg, MD a * [MEDLINE LOOKUP] Irina Burd, MD, PhD a [MEDLINE LOOKUP] Fredric V. Price, MD b [MEDLINE LOOKUP] Robert Worthington-Kirsch, MD c [MEDLINE LOOKUP] A premenopausal 45-year-old woman underwent uterine artery embolization for suspected symptomatic leiomyomata. Fourteen months later, with renewed symptoms and a new pelvic mass, metastatic leiomyosarcoma was diagnosed. A lack of clinical response to a technically successful embolization should alert care providers that further evaluation and/or therapy is needed. November American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol 191, page 1733 art
-- art fougner, md ich bin ein New Yorker
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