Intravenous leiomyomatosis with intracardiac involvement

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2014 Sep;290(3):595-9. doi: 10.1007/s00404-014-3278-5. Epub 2014 May 20.

Abstract

Intravenous leiomyomatosis with intracardiac involvement is rare. This is a case report of a 52-year-old female with intravenous leiomyomatosis with intracardiac involvement. She was successfully treated with myomatectomy (left renal vein and inferior vena cava), hysterectomy, and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy under the cardiopulmonary bypass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Heart Atria / pathology
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Leiomyomatosis / pathology*
  • Leiomyomatosis / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Ovariectomy
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Renal Veins / pathology*
  • Renal Veins / surgery
  • Salpingectomy
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vascular Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery