title: Leiomyosarcoma of the vena cava with atrial extension: long-term survival following resection and caval replacement without circulatory arrest.
abstract: This is a case report of a primary vena cava sarcoma extending to the atrium in a young woman, which was resected. Cardiopulmonary bypass was used, and the cava replaced with ringed Gore-Tex. She remains alive and well more than 3 years after the surgery with no evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine 90095, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Colonna
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Drinkwater
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D017741:Survivors; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*