title: [Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava. Three cases].
abstract: We report three new cases of leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava observed between 1985 and 1990. Two of them developed in women and one in a man. The age of the patients were 56, 29 and 57 years. The three tumors have been removed completely. One patient received postoperative radio- and chemotherapy and is well 68 months after excision. One patient developed liver metastasis 18 months after resection despite chemotherapy and died after 3 years. The last one refused postoperative radio- and chemotherapy, developed massive local recurrence and pulmonary metastasis three months postoperatively, and is still alive with disease after 8 months. The diagnostic modalities of these rare tumors as well as the problems created by their surgical resection and the need for a complementary treatment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale, CHUV, Lausanne.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boumghar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Worreth
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chapuis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Léiomyosarcome de la veine cave inférieure. A propos de trois observations.