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1. Introduction
C. Parra-Herran, J.K. Schoolmeester, L. Yuan, P. Dal Cin, C.D.M. Fletcher, B.J. Quade, M.R. Nucci, Myxoid leiomyosarcoma of the uterus: A clinicopathologic analysis of 30 cases and review of the literature with reappraisal of its distinction from other uterine myxoid mesenchymal neoplasms, Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 40 (2016) 285–301. https://doi.org/10.1097/PAS.0000000000000593.
2. Case presentation



3. Discussion
C. Parra-Herran, J.K. Schoolmeester, L. Yuan, P. Dal Cin, C.D.M. Fletcher, B.J. Quade, M.R. Nucci, Myxoid leiomyosarcoma of the uterus: A clinicopathologic analysis of 30 cases and review of the literature with reappraisal of its distinction from other uterine myxoid mesenchymal neoplasms, Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 40 (2016) 285–301. https://doi.org/10.1097/PAS.0000000000000593.
- Sato K.
- Yuasa N.
- Fujita M.
- Fukushima Y.
- Sato K.
- Yuasa N.
- Fujita M.
- Fukushima Y.
- Lin G.
- Yang L.-Y.
- Huang Y.-T.
- Ng K.-K.
- Ng S.-H.
- Ueng S.-H.
- Chao A.
- Yen T.-C.
- Chang T.-C.
- Lai C.-H.
- Sato K.
- Yuasa N.
- Fujita M.
- Fukushima Y.
4. Informed consent and patient details
Funding
Declaration of Competing Interest
Acknowledgements
Appendix A. Supplementary data
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