A case report on successful removal of intravenous leiomyomatosis extending in the right ventricle.
A patient with intravenous leiomyomatosis arising from the uterus and extending in the heart and lower extremity was successfully treated with a two-stage operation. A new technique with a polypectomy snare is described.
Fukaya
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Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan.
Iida
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Morimoto
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Nobara
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Miwa
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Nakano
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H
D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*