title: Echocardiographic study of an intravenous leiomyoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Intravenous leiomyoma is a rare tumor of smooth muscle with invasion to veined channels that affects women at reproductive age. The case of a 45-year-old woman is described, with history of oophorectomy and hysterectomy, in addition to abdominal surgery due to mesenteric tumor. Several months later, the patient developed syncope and dyspnea secondary to pulmonary embolism. Echocardiographic study reported a mass in right side of heart proceding from inferior vena cava. The patient underwent tumor surgical resection from left iliac vein and histologic study concluded intravascular leiomyomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Echocardiography, Hospital of Cardiología Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXL, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico. martinez_baca2003@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Francisco Martínez
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Baca López
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez-Enriquez
authors.forename: Francisco José
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Castrejón-Aivar
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ruanova-León
authors.forename: Lucelli
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yánez-Gutiérrez
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior