title: Giant leiomyosarcoma of inferior vena cava. A surgical challenge.
abstract: We describe the case of a 37-year-old woman who presented with an unusually large (26 × 20 × 16 cm) extraluminal leiomyosarcoma arising from segment I (below the renal vessels) of the inferior vena cava. She was successfully managed with radical surgical excision and reconstruction of the inferior vena cava with synthetic graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India santoshsp1967jaimatadi@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India.
authors.forename: Sudheer Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Devana
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India.
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuthe
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India.
authors.forename: Thakur Deen
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India.
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prasad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D047368:Tumor Burden; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Blood vessel prosthesis implantation; X-ray computed; inferior; leiomyosarcoma; magnetic resonance imaging; tomography; vascular neoplasms; vena cava