title: Surgical treatment for an invasive leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava.
abstract: A 49-year-old woman presented with right lumbar pain and edema in both legs. Computed tomography showed a large low attenuated mass around and in the S7 segment of the liver involving the right kidney and multiple enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes. There were multiple variably sized discrete nodules in both lungs. Cavography showed subtotal occlusion of the inferior vena cava (IVC). She was successfully treated by wide resection and IVC reconstruction with partial cardiopulmonary bypass and metastasectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: Hee Moon
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong Seop
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Pyo Won
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Wook Sung
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kiick
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Young Tak
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Inferior vena cava; Leimyosarcoma; Multiple metastasis