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Case Reports
. 2016 Oct 19:2016:bcr2016215829.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-215829.

Leiomyosarcoma of great saphenous vein localised to the calf

Wah Wah Lin  1 , Serkan Erkan  2 , Richard Carey Smith  3 , Kishore Sieunarine  4
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Case Reports

Leiomyosarcoma of great saphenous vein localised to the calf

Wah Wah Lin et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

We present the case of a 76-year-old man with a 2-month history of mildly tender swelling in the right calf for which he had an initial excision and then a wide local excision followed by a split skin graft because the initial histopathology confirmed that there was a Grade I leiomyosarcoma of great saphenous vein. A simple lump in the lower limb could be a malignant vascular tumour and should always be considered in the list of differential diagnosis of a lump in the lower limb.

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Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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Hypoechoic lesion at the right calf.
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