title: Value of magnetic resonance imaging in the depiction of intravenous leiomyomatosis extending to the heart.
abstract: Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a seldom neoplasia characterized by invasion of venous channels by a benign smooth muscle tumor originating either from a uterine myoma or from vessel wall. Extension to the heart may cause mechanical obstruction and is frequently misdiagnosed as a right-atrial myxoma. We present a case of recurrent intravenous leiomyomatosis with previous hysterectomy because of uterine leiomyoma which have different magnetic resonance characteristics than that of the former reports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military Medical School, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey. kocaoglumurat@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kocaoglu
authors.forename: Nail
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bulakbasi
authors.forename: M Sahin
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ugurel
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ors
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tayfun
authors.forename: Taner
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ucoz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery