Tricuspid valve obstruction due to intravenous leiomyomatosis.
A case is discussed of a 65-year-old woman who presented with tricuspid stenosis. She was evaluated with multiple imaging techniques including gated radionuclide angiography, cardiac sector scanning, and abdominal CT imaging. A review of the literature of the entity known as intravenous leiomyomatosis is presented.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology