Resección de metástasis pulmonares en cánceres ginecológicos: Presentación de un caso y análisis de la literatura

• José M Clavero R ^[1] ; Mauricio Cuello F ^[1] ; Adriana Castiblanco G ^[1] ; Rodrigo Aparicio R ^[1]
  1. [1] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

     Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 135, Nº. 9, 2007, págs. 1171-1177
• Idioma: español
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  • Pulmonary resection of lung metastases of an uterine leiomyosarcoma: Report of one case
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  • We report a 45 years-old woman operated in 2003 for a stage IV uterine leiomyosarcoma with lung metastases. Pulmonary metastases were surgically excised in 2003, 2005 and finally in July, 2006. Since then, the patient is in good conditions. There is evidence that resection of pulmonary metastases of gynecologic cancers, when the primary tumor is controlled, significantly prolongs survival