title: [Pelvic intravenous leiomyomatosis with intracardiac extension: report of two cases].
abstract: Symptoms predominate. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings and appropriate imaging. We report two females, aged 35 and 51 years. One of them presented with a pelvic mass and dyspnea, the other patient had severe cardiac failure on admission. Computed axial tomography scan allowed an accurate preoperative diagnosis on both patients. Successful one stage resection of the tumor was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. Both patients are asymptomatic on follow up at 6 months and 25 years.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Vascular y Endovascular, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Valdés
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irarrázaval
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brañes
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riquelme
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mariné
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bergoeing
authors.forename: Albrecht
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krämer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology