title: Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a clinicopathologic review and report of three cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We operated on three patients with leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava.
  
  
  METHODS
  Complete excision was possible in all three patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One patient developed widespread metastasis at 23 months, one patient is alive with no evidence of disease at 70 months, and one patient is alive at 15 months. The third patient had subcutaneous and pulmonary metastases at the time of presentation, which are radiologically nondetectable at present following postoperative chemotherapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinicopathologic features, prognostic factors, and treatment of 130 cases found in a comprehensive literature search and our three cases are reported.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo General Hospital 14203, USA.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kulaylat
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Karakousis
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Doerr
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Karamanoukian
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002455:Cell Division; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior