Case Report
Diagnosis of Leiomyosarcoma after Uterine Artery Embolization for Multiple Leiomyomas
Table 1
Summary of leiomyosarcoma cases diagnosed after uterine artery embolization treatment for leiomyoma.
| Case | Age | Size (single or multiple) | Symptom onset after UAE | Size after UAE | Diagnosis after UAE | Opportunity of diagnosis |
| Al-Badr and Faught [9] | 52 | 7 (single) | | | 1 day | | Joyce et al. [10] | 51 | — | Stable | | 1 month | Stable symptom | Common et al. [11] | 49 | 8 (single) | Stable | Regrowth | 6 months | Regrowth | D’Angelo et al. [12] | 41 | 10 (single) | 12 months | Smaller | 15 months | Regrowth after 15 months | Goldberg et al. [13] | 45 | 9/4 (multiple) | 13 months | Stable | 13 months | Returned symptom | Papadia and Salom [3] | 36 | 9 (single) | 8 months | Regrowth | 14 months | Regrowth | Choi et al. [14] | 36 | 11 (single) | 3 months | Smaller after 3 months | 4 months | Suspicion of malignancy for imaging | Kainsbaka et al. [15] | — | 6 (single) | Stable | Smaller after 6 months | 9 months | Suspicion of malignancy for imaging | Posy et al. [16] | 50 | — | Stable | Stable | 5 years | Lung metastasis | Buzaglo et al. [17] | 45 | 9 (multiple) | 6 months | Smaller after 6 months | 6 months | Suspicion of malignancy for exploratory laparotomy |
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