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The 5-year survival following the marginal resection of a primary leiomyosarcoma of the distal femur and a stump fracture

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In this case, we present a 5-year follow-up of a 3-fault-affected primary leiomyosarcoma of the distal femur (spontaneous fracture treated by osteosynthesis; marginal resection; stump fracture after adequate trauma) with an extended local recurrence but without metastasis.

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  1. University of Rostock, Department of Orthopedics, Ulmenstrasse 44/45, 18057 Rostock, Germany e-mail: johannes.plath@med.uni-rostock.de, Tel.: +49-381-4949301, , , , , , DE

    J. Plath, S. Gurk, M. Johnson & V. Jansson

  2. University of Rostock, Department of Pathology, Strempelstrasse 14, 1857 Rostock, Germany, , , , , , DE

    G. Strophal

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Received: 22 September 1999

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Plath, J., Gurk, S., Strophal, G. et al. The 5-year survival following the marginal resection of a primary leiomyosarcoma of the distal femur and a stump fracture. Arch Orth Traum Surg 121, 483–484 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004020100296

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