title: (125)I brachytherapy seeds implantation for inoperable low-grade leiomyosarcoma of inferior vena cava.
abstract: A 60-year-old female presented with abdominal pain and tenderness of five-day duration. Contrast enhanced CT showed a mass of 9 × 6 × 5.5 cm in size with almost complete obliteration of the inferior vena cava and massive extension to the extravascular space. CT-guided biopsy demonstrated a low-grade leiomyosarcoma. The patient underwent (125)Iodine seeds implantation in two sessions, and another balloon cavoplasty. Abdominal pain and tenderness gradually improved and the patient continues to remain as disease free state for three years after the procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Therapy, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China. lyl.pro@163.com
authors.forename: Yuliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yongzheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wujie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes
keywords: Brachytherapy; Cavoplasty; Inferior vena cava; Leiomyosarcoma