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ReviewUterine sarcomas: A reviewEmanuela D'Angelo, Jaime Prat Department of Pathology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sant Antoni M. Claret, 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spainabstractarticle infoArticle history:Received 29 June 2009 Available online xxxxKeywords:Uterine sarcomasLeiomyosarcomaEndometrial stromal sarcomaUndifferentiated endometrial sarcomas are rare tumors that account for 3% of uterine cancers. Their histopathologicclassification was revised by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2003. A new staging system has beenrecently designed by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). Currently, there is noconsensus on risk factors for adverse outcome. This review summarizes the available clinicopathological dataon uterine sarcomas classified by the WHO diagnostic was searched between 1976 and 2009 for all publications in English where the studiedpopulation included women diagnosed of uterine carcinosarcomas (malignant mixed mesodermal tumors or MMMT) are currently classifiedas metaplastic carcinomas, leiomyosarcomas remain the most common uterine sarcomas.
types and the mitotic rate is often b3 MF/10 HPF [9] (Figs. 1b, c). In epithelioid leiomyosarcomas, necrosis may be absent and myxoid leiomyosarcomas are …
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