title: Surgical removal of an intravenous leiomyoma with intracardiac extension and pulmonary benign metastases.
abstract: Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) with right intracardiac extension or pulmonary benign metastases (PBM) is rare. We report a case of 51 year-old woman, who underwent successful extensive double stage surgical removal of the intracardiac IVL extension associated with a pulmonary limited resection where the cystic bullae and PBM were found, and a month later gynaecological operation. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of such a combination.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Arben
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baboci
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Tirana, Albania. Electronic address: edvinprifti@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Edvin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Prifti
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Nereida
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xhabija
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Tirana, Albania.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alimehmeti
mesh_terms: D018229:Angiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Benign; Cardiac tumour; Intravenous; Leiomyoma; Metastases; Pulmonary