title: One-stage surgery of low-grade malignant intravenous uterine leiomyosarcomatosis with right atrium extension.
abstract: Uterine leiomyosarcoma is a rare and aggressive malignant tumor arising from the smooth muscle cells of the myometrium, which rarely metastasizes to the heart. We report the case of a 49-year-old Chinese woman who underwent a successful one-stage surgical intervention after an initial diagnosis of intravenous uterine leiomyomatosis. However, her postoperative biopsy showed the presence of low-grade malignant uterine leiomyosarcoma with intravenous and right atrium extension. It is our conclusion that surgical resection is the mainstay treatment for this type of condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1st Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, ZheJiang University, HangZhou, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Shengjun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: WeiDong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Gabrielle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gerelle
authors.forename: YiMing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ni
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000601:surgery; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*