title: Intravenous leiomyomatosis with caval involvement: report of a case with radical resection and venous replacement.
abstract: Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a rare, histologically benign neoplasm that may be malignant in its specific tendency to intravascular extension. A case of intravenous leiomyomatosis with extension into the entire inferior vena cava in a 41-year-old woman is described. The patient was diagnosed with syncope 3 years after hysterectomy and was treated with a 1-stage procedure including venous replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hôpital de La Conception, Marseilles, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amabile
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hardwigsen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Campan
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Le Treut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery