Acta Med. 2018, 61: 153-157

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.135

Primary Hepatic Leiomyosarcoma: a Case Report and Review of the Literature

Themistoklis Feretisa, Ioannis D. Kostakisa, Christos Damaskosa, Nikolaos Garmpisa, Dimitrios Mantasa, Afroditi Nonnib, Gregory Kouraklisa, Dimitrios Dimitroulisa

aSecond Department of Propedeutic Surgery, “Laiko” General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
bFirst Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece

Received May 26, 2018
Accepted November 5, 2018

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