title: Successful one-stage complete removal of an entire intravenous leiomyomatosis in the heart, vena cava, and uterus.
abstract: The patient was a 61-year-old woman who had intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) extending into the right ventricle of the heart from the uterus. Tumors in the heart and the inferior vena cava were removed under cardiopulmonary bypass and then after terminating the cardiopulmonary bypass, tumors in the abdominal cavity including uterine leiomyoma were removed. This is the first case of extended IVL in which all tumors were successfully removed at one time. If a tumor is found in the right ventricle in a woman who had or currently has uterine leiomyoma, IVL should be suspected. Complete one-stage removal of tumors can be performed using cardiopulmonary bypass, and the present patient has shown a favorable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobari Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arinami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kase
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior