Atypical leiomyoma arising in an hepatic vein with extension into the inferior vena cava and right atrium. Report of a case in a child.
We report an atypical leiomyoma arising in an hepatic vein and extending into the inferior vena cava and right atrium in a fourteen year old boy. US, CT and MRI facilitated diagnosis and removal of this tumor.
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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D000293:Adolescent; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*