Abstract
Leiomyosarcoma of the lung is a type of tumour rarely found in childhood. It arises from smooth muscle either of bronchial or arterial walls, has a variable pattern of local growth, blood-borne metastatic spread with lymph nodes sparing and a clinical course characterized by fever, cough and worsening dyspnea. We report a case which occurred in a 14-year-old girl, reviewing all the other cases found in the literature.
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Beluffi, G., Bertolotti, P., Mietta, A. et al. Primary leiomyosarcoma of the lung in a girl. Pediatr Radiol 16, 240–244 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02456296
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