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Association between esophageal leiomyomatosis and p53 mutation.
The Annals of thoracic surgery - 1 Apr 2013
Kazarin Olga, Vlodavsky Eugene, Guralnik Ludmilla, Kremer Ran, Lachter Jesse, Bar-Sela Gil
Abstract excerpt
Li-Fraumeni syndrome is a cancer predisposition syndrome associated with a variety of neoplasms, mainly soft tissue sarcoma, premenopausal breast cancer, brain tumors, adrenocortical carcinoma, and leukemia. Esophageal leiomyomatosis involves the presence of several rare benign neoplastic lesions composed of proliferating smooth muscle cells in the esophageal wall. The current case report presents a patient with...
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