title: Intravenous leiomyomatosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Medical Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8191.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grella
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kvilekval
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giron
mesh_terms: 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