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Ultrasound, Doppler flag suspicious leiomyomas; detecting leiomyosarcomas.(Gynecology)

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| September 01, 2003 | Boschert, Sherry | COPYRIGHT 2003 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- Ultrasonography and color flow Doppler imaging can tip off physicians that a suspected leiomyoma may in fact be a leiomyosarcoma, Dr. Caterina Exacoustos said at an international congress on uterine fibroids.

She and her associates at the University of Rome performed ultrasonography and color flow Doppler imaging on uterine lesions in 257 patients undergoing myomectomy or hysterectomy. They compared histologic findings with the imaging findings for 225 leiomyomas, 21 cellular leiomyomas, 3 smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential, and 8 leiomyosarcomas, including findings on tumor size, localization, echostructure, presence of degenerative changes, and vascularization.

All eight leiomyosarcomas were single tumors, not part of multiple tumors, and most had a diameter of at ...

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