title: A rare case of fibrosarcoma of the inferior vena cava expanding into the right atrium.
abstract: The authors report in detail a case of fibrosarcoma of the inferior vena cava. A 53-year-old female presented with echographic and computed tomographic evidence of a solid formation in the porta hepatis that fused with the inferior vena cava. Because of appearance and rapid development of symptoms of right cardiac failure, the patient was transferred to the Clinic of Cardiac Surgery and underwent an emergency operation. A solid formation arising from the inferior vena cava and expanding into the right atrium was found during the operation. The operation performed was not a radical one. Fibrosarcoma of the inferior vena cava was proved on histological examination. A single therapeutic course with vincristine and farmorubicin was administered. The patient died from recurrence of the malignancy 26 months after the operation. The epidemiologic, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of the case are discussed in relation with the literature data.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Higher Medical Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Andonov
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stanchev
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cholakoval
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nikolaeva
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ananoshtev
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Djurkov
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior