title: One-stage surgical removal of intravenous leiomyomatosis with right heart extension is safe.
abstract: Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a rare smooth muscle tumor. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman with both intravenous and intracardiac extension of leiomyomatosis who underwent 3 operations within 9 years. During the last admission, she underwent a successful single-stage surgical approach while under cardiopulmonary bypass with circulatory arrest. A postoperative histopathologic examination of the resected specimen confirmed the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Xintao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pi
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery