title: Intravenous leiomyoma with cardiac involvement.
abstract: We report a case of intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) in a 44-year-old woman, presenting with cardiothoracic clinical manifestations. Such a rare neoplastic condition most often arises from the uterine veins. At times it may reach the right cavities of the heart and it must be considered in the differential diagnosis with a cardiac myxoma or a thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anichini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calamai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pedemonte
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moroni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tozzini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nesi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014261:Tricuspid Valve; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior