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Leiomyosarcoma laboratory tests
Introduction
Overview:
Overview:
There are no specific laboratory findings associated with leiomyosarcoma, patients may have low hemoglobin and red blood cells on their complete blood count, immunohistochemistry markers can be positive but non-diagnostics.
Lab test:
Lab test:
- There are no specific laboratory findings associated with leiomyosarcoma.
- Elevated levels of CA-125 and LDH( isozymes) in women with uterine sarcoma, the usefulness of these markers are still being investigated.
- There are immunohistochemistry markers associated with sarcoma but it can be positive in any other soft tissue tumors, some of these markers are include:[1][2][3]
References
References
- ↑ R, Stramare; G, Orsatti (2016). “Imaging Features, Differential Diagnosis and Management of Leiomyosarcomas: Case Series and Review of the Literature”. Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy. 08 (04). doi:10.4172/1948-5956.1000397. ISSN 1948-5956.
- ↑ Goto A, Takeuchi S, Sugimura K, Maruo T (2002) Usefulness of Gd-DTPA contrast-enhanced dynamic MRI and serum determination of LDH and its isozymes in the differential diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma from degenerated leiomyoma of the uterus. Int J Gynecol Cancer 12 (4):354-61. PMID: 12144683
- ↑ Hoskins PJ, Le N (2008) Preoperative tumor markers at diagnosis in women with malignant mixed müllerian tumors/carcinosarcoma of the uterus. Int J Gynecol Cancer 18 (6):1200-1. DOI:10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01187.x PMID: 18217961
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