Computed tomography of leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava.
Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava is a rare lethal malignancy. The authors report the seventy-sixth case of the literature and the sixth displayed by computed tomography. CT is presently the radiological modality of choice to localize the site and extension of the tumour, but a cavogram must also be obtained since it displays, much better than CT, the collateral veins and gives a synthetic longitudinal view of the tumour.
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*