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Myosarcoma

Myosarcoma is a malignant muscle tumor. People with myosarcoma often wake up with the feeling as if they had a cramp during their sleep.

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Myosarcoma
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Myosarcoma is a malignant muscle tumor.¹ People with myosarcoma often wake up with the feeling as if they had a cramp during their sleep.²

Leiomyosarcoma is sarcoma of smooth muscle, and rhabdomyosarcoma is sarcoma of striated muscle. However, the term myosarcoma itself still appears in the literature.²

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"myosarcoma" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
Brauer VF, Reichenberger F, Müller A, et al. (2002). "Successful Resection of a Re-Occurred Pulmonary Myosarcoma in a Patient with Turner Syndrome Mosaic". Sarcoma. 6 (4): 141–3. doi:10.1080/1357714021000066395. PMC 2395496. PMID 18521351.

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