LEIOMYOSARCOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leiomyosarcoma mean? 

• LEIOMYOSARCOMA (noun)
  The noun LEIOMYOSARCOMA has 1 sense:

1. sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate

  Familiarity information: LEIOMYOSARCOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEIOMYOSARCOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("leiomyosarcoma" is a kind of...):

sarcoma (a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

A finding about one or more characteristics of leiomyosarcoma and endometrial stromal sarcoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Leiomyosarcoma and Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

The sarcomatous component contains a malignant spindle cell proliferation or specific mesenchymal elements including osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and leiomyosarcoma.

(Acinar Prostate Adenocarcinoma, Sarcomatoid Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of leiomyosarcoma and endometrial stromal sarcoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Leiomyosarcoma and Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of leiomyosarcoma and endometrial stromal sarcoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Leiomyosarcoma and Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Clinical TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of malignant lung soft tissue neoplasms include Kaposi sarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, and synovial sarcoma.

(Lung Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include Kaposi sarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, and liposarcoma.

(Malignant Gastric Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A secondary leiomyosarcoma that has developed in an ovarian dermoid cyst.

(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst with Leiomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of leiomyosarcoma characterized by the presence of cellular pleomorphism, malignant cells with large nuclei, and a myxoid stroma.

(Myxoid Leiomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Malignant neoplasms arising from the smooth muscles are called leiomyosarcomas.

(Malignant Muscle Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare inherited disorder that increases the risk of developing benign (not cancer) tumors of the skin and the uterus (leiomyomas) and malignant (cancer) tumors of the uterus (leiomyosarcoma) and the kidney.

(Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Cancer, NCI Dictionary)