title: Intravenous leiomyomatosis with right heart involvement-a report of 4 cases and literature review.
abstract: Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is a rare benign neoplasm which originates from the smooth muscle cells and is usually confined to the pelvic venous system. Rarely, intracaval and intracardiac extension has been described. Death can occur as a result of intracardiac involvement. We reported 4 cases of IVL with right heart involvement (intracardiac leiomyomatosis, ICL). Three of them suffered recurrent sudden syncope, and the other one was totally asymptomatic. All of them were successfully treated through one-stage operation under extracorporeal circulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
authors.forename: Yiqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. chaoyang83@163.com.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
authors.forename: Chenxi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
authors.forename: Bi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged