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Primary leiomyosarcoma of the patella

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We report on a case of primary leiomyosarcoma of the patella in a 59-year-old woman. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this rare tumor in a bone where malignant lesions rarely occur.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyusyu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan, , , , , , JP

    S. Inoue, K. Tanaka, A. Sakamoto, S. Matsuda & Y. Iwamoto

  2. Second Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan, , , , , , JP

    M. Tsuneyoshi

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Received: 21 November 2000 Revision requested: 8 January 2001 Revision received: 2 April 2001 Accepted: 4 April 2001

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Inoue, S., Tanaka, K., Sakamoto, A. et al. Primary leiomyosarcoma of the patella. Skeletal Radiol 30, 530–533 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560100382

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