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Bladder leiomyosarcoma: Report of three cases

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Three patients with leiomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder are presented. One case showed urothelial carcinoma in situ also. The mode of presentation and operative findings were similar in two female patients, whereas the lesion seemed to be more aggressive in a male patient.

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  1. Department of Urology, SSK Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    O. Özteke

  2. Department of Urology, Atatürk University Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey

    A. Demirel

  3. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Atatürk University Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey

    N. E. Aydin

  4. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    L. Memiş

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Özteke, O., Demirel, A., Aydin, N.E. et al. Bladder leiomyosarcoma: Report of three cases. International Urology and Nephrology 24, 393–396 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02550632

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