Spontaneous internal jugular vein thrombosis associated with leiomyosarcoma of the omentum.
A case of spontaneous internal jugular vein thrombosis associated with distant malignancy is presented. This unusual manifestation of a hypercoagulable state was associated with a low-grade epithelioid leiomyosarcoma of the omentum. It was discovered on a gynecologic oncology service in a patient explored for a pelvic abdominal mass.
Langlieb
A M
AM
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
Dunton
C J
CJ
Carlson
J A
JA
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000473:pathology; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology