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Leiomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder in childhood is uncommon. We reported bladder leiomyosarcoma in a 10-year-old boy. He had underwent the extirpation of the tumor and performed adjuvant chemotherapy in combination with radiotherapy according to the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study-4 regimens. He had no evidence of recurrence of disease after 3 years.
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Matsumoto, S., Shimizu, N., Moriguchi, N. et al. Bladder leiomyosarcoma in a boy. Int Urol Nephrol 38, 549–551 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-006-0072-8
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