title: Internal iliac vein transposition for vascular reconstruction after resection of an external iliac vein leiomyosarcoma.
abstract: Primary vein leiomyosarcoma is rare type of a vascular sarcoma and arises from the spindle cells of the venous wall. The tumor may present difficulty of vascular reconstruction after en block resection. We present a case of internal iliac vein transposition for vascular reconstruction after resection of an external iliac vein leiomyosarcoma.To our knowledge, this is first report of the external iliac vein replacement with the ipsilaterally transposed internal iliac vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT 06810, USA.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cocieru
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dietzek
authors.forename: Pierre F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Saldinger
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures