title: Surgical resection of the inferior vena cava for leiomyosarcoma.
abstract: Our case of primary leiomyosarcomas involved retrohepatic, suprarenal, and infrarenal inferior vena cava (IVC). Preoperative phlebography proved that there was adequate collateral circulation formed, which allowed us to achieve en bloc resection including segment I and II IVC without either extracorporeal circulation or prosthetic revascularization of the IVC and renal vessels. Our choice of en bloc resection including segment I and II IVC without extracorporeal circulation or prosthetic replacement of the vessels was justified as the patient had normal liver and kidney function after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Changwei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yuehong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Bao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*