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Primary intravascular myxoid leiomyosarcoma of the femoral vein presenting clinically as deep vein thrombosis: a case report

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  1. Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 17, 46010, Valencia, Spain

    Manish Mani Subramaniam, Miguel Martinez-Rodriguez, Samuel Navarro & Antonio Llombart Bosch

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    Jorge Guijarro Rosaleny

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Supported by a grant (PI-04/0822) from the Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (Instituto Carlos-III, Madrid, Spain), Prognosis and therapeutic targets of Ewing’s family of tumors FP6 contract number 503036, and a personal grant (Manish Mani Subramaniam) from the Hospital Clinic of University and the Spanish Association Against Cancer of Valencia, Spain.

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Subramaniam, M.M., Martinez-Rodriguez, M., Navarro, S. et al. Primary intravascular myxoid leiomyosarcoma of the femoral vein presenting clinically as deep vein thrombosis: a case report. Virchows Arch 450, 235–237 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-006-0322-2

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