Intravenous leiomyomatosis: Two cases with different routes of tumor extension

Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a rare smooth muscle tumor. We report two cases of intravenous leiomyomatosis that grew along different routes of the venous system into the inferior vena cava and the right atrium. The different route of extension makes a difference in the ease of excision of tumor mas...

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Published in:Journal of vascular surgery 2004-02, Vol.39 (2), p.465-469
Main Authors: PO MUI LAM, LO, Keith W. K, YU, Mei Y, WONG, Wai S, LAU, James Y. W, ARIFI, Ahmed A, CHEUNG, Tak H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Heart Atria
Heart Neoplasms - epidemiology
Heart Neoplasms - pathology
Humans
Leiomyomatosis - epidemiology
Leiomyomatosis - pathology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Uterine Neoplasms - epidemiology
Uterine Neoplasms - pathology
Vascular Neoplasms - epidemiology
Vascular Neoplasms - pathology
Vascular surgery: aorta, extremities, vena cava. Surgery of the lymphatic vessels
Vena Cava, Inferior
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Summary:Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a rare smooth muscle tumor. We report two cases of intravenous leiomyomatosis that grew along different routes of the venous system into the inferior vena cava and the right atrium. The different route of extension makes a difference in the ease of excision of tumor masses. Using MEDLINE together with the references in each publication, we identified all cases of intracardiac leiomyomatosis reported in the English literature in the period between 1980 and 2003 and performed a brief review on this potentially lethal disease entity.
ISSN:0741-5214
1097-6809
DOI:10.1016/j.jvs.2003.08.012