title: Primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a case report.
abstract: Primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare malignant tumor originating from the vein smooth muscle. We present one case of primary leiomyosarcoma of the IVC. The patient benefited of surgical exploration at seventh day after admission. Tumor located in the junction of the anterior wall of the IVC and the left and right renal vein. We carried out the tumor resection, vena cava artificial vascular patch prosthetics. The patient did not take anticoagulant drugs after surgery and was discharged at 12 days after surgery. Currently, the patient had survived for nearly six months, repeated abdominal computed tomography examinations showed no clear recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Institute of hepatobiliary, Surgery and southwest hospital, Third military medical university, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Tu-bing
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wen-yuan
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Geng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Huai-zhi
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: inferior vena cava; leiomyosarcoma; treatment