title: Intravenous leiomyomatosis with cardiac involvement in a pregnant woman.
abstract: Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a rare benign neoplasm that commonly grows into the pelvic veins and the inferior vena cava and, rarely, the right side of the heart. We report the first case of intravenous leiomyomatosis with cardiac involvement in a pregnant woman. The treatment of choice is surgical resection in two steps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine C, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petach Tikvah, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marom
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pitlik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sagie
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ovadia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bishara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011247:Pregnancy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*