title: [Intravenous leiomyomatosis with cardiac extension].
abstract: Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a very rare uterine neoplasm, characterized by histological benignity. In some cases, it could extend through the ovaric or iliac veins up to the vena cava and the right chambers of the heart. We report a patient with symptoms of right heart failure, who was diagnosed by transesophagic echocardiography of intravenous leiomyomatosis with extension to the right ventricle. Complete excision was achieved employing simultaneous sternotomy and laparotomy with echocardiographic intraoperative monitorization.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de la Princess, Madrid.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Nodar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aguilar Torres
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nieto
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iturralde
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balaguer
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Nuche
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez Elbal
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*