Retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma infiltrating the inferior vena cava (IVC)--a case report

Trop Gastroenterol. 2005 Jul-Sep;26(3):156-8.

Abstract

Retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas are difficult to treat because the retroperitoneal organs and great vessels are often involved by the time the patients come to a surgeon. We present the case of a 48 year old woman with a retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma that had infiltrated the IVC and the renal veins.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leiomyosarcoma / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology*