Sixteen year-old with leiomyosarcoma in a prior benign myomectomy site

Jennifer A Vaz; Payam Katebi Kashi; Saeid Movahedi-Lankarani; Niccole B Piguet; Kristen P Zeligs; Lana Bijelic; Uma N M Rao; Thomas P Conrads; G Larry Maxwell; Kathleen M Darcy; Ruchi Garg

doi:10.1016/j.gore.2019.08.002

Sixteen year-old with leiomyosarcoma in a prior benign myomectomy site

Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2019 Aug 19:29:126-129. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2019.08.002. eCollection 2019 Aug.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Women's Health Integrated Research Center, Inova Fairfax Women's Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA.
² Inova Medical Group, Pediatric Specialists of Virginia, 8081 Innovation Park Drive, Personalized Health Campus, Fairfax, VA 22031, USA.
³ Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA.
⁴ Inova Shar Cancer Institute, 8081 Innovation Park Drive, Personalized Health Campus, Fairfax, VA 22031, USA.
⁵ Gynecologic Cancer Center of Excellence, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA.
⁶ Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., 6720A Rockledge Dr., Bethesda, MD 20817, USA.
⁷ Mid Atlantic Gynecologic Oncology and Pelvic Surgery Associates, 8081 Innovation Park Drive, Suite 775, Fairfax, Virginia 22031, USA.

Abstract

Uterine leiomyosarcoma in a prior myomectomy site is a rare phenomenon. We report an unusual case of a leiomyosarcoma arising six months post myomectomy in a 16-year old female.

Keywords: Adolescent; High-risk features; Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Malignant transformation.

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Case Reports