Diagnostics (Feb 2023)

Overlap of Suspicious and Non-Suspicious Features in the Ultrasound Evaluations of Leiomyosarcoma: A Single-Center Experience

  • Francesca Arezzo,
  • Gennaro Cormio,
  • Carmela Putino,
  • Nicola Di Lillo,
  • Erica Silvestris,
  • Anila Kardhashi,
  • Ambrogio Cazzolla,
  • Claudio Lombardi,
  • Michele Mongelli,
  • Gerardo Cazzato,
  • Vera Loizzi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13030543
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
p. 543

Abstract

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Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare type of mesenchymal tumor. Suspecting LMS before surgery is crucial for proper patient management. Ultrasound is the primary method for assessing myometrial lesions. The overlapping of clinical, laboratory, as well as ultrasound features between fibroids and LMS makes differential diagnosis difficult. We report our single-center experience in ultrasound imaging assessment of LMS patients, highlighting that misleading findings such as shadowing and absent or minimal vascularization may also occur in LMS. To avoid mistakes, a comprehensive evaluation of potentially overlapping ultrasound features is necessary in preoperative ultrasound evaluations of all myometrial tumors.

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