Intravenous leiomyomatosis.
Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a rare tumor in which benign smooth muscle cells grow into the pelvic venous channels of female patients. A case of intravenous leiomyomatosis with cardiac extension in a 45-year-old woman is described. The patient was diagnosed with cardiac syncope 3 months after total abdominal hysterectomy and was successfully treated with a two-stage approach consisting of sternotomy followed by laparotomy. The cause, disease, presentation, diagnosis, treatment and recurrence are reviewed.
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Department of Surgery, University Medical Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8191.
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Kvilekval
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Giron
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior