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Summary
We present the case of a 76-year-old man with a 2-month history of mildly tender swelling in the right calf for which he had an initial excision and then a wide local excision followed by a split skin graft because the initial histopathology confirmed that there was a Grade I leiomyosarcoma of great saphenous vein. A simple lump in the lower limb could be a malignant vascular tumour and should always be considered in the list of differential diagnosis of a lump in the lower limb.
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Contributors All authors contributed to the case report. KS involved in planning of the case report, initial surgery, follow-up the patient, supervision and revision of the case report. RCS involved in later surgery and followed the patient up for the leiomyosarcoma. SE and WWL involved in literature search and writing the case report.
Competing interests None declared.
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