[Intravascular leiomyomatosis of uterine origin. a case of pseudo-metastatic cavo-cardial thrombus]

Presse Med. 1999 Sep 18;28(27):1463-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Background: Leiomyomatosis is a benign smooth muscle tumor which can provoke serious complications in case of intracaval or intracardiac extension.

Case report: A 61-year-old woman had undergone hysterectomy at the age of 45 years for a hemorrhagic fibroma. She underwent surgery for infiltrative breast cancer 3 months before hospitalization and was taking tamoxifen 30 mg/day. In the cancer context, the diagnosis of cavo-cardiac metastatic thrombus was proposed but not confirmed at pathology. The diagnosis of uterine tissue intravascular leiomyomatosis was established on the basis of pathology findings and immunohistochemistry results.

Discussion: Five other cases of leiomyomatosis after hysterectomy have been reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Diseases / etiology
  • Heart Diseases / pathology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Leiomyoma / surgery
  • Leiomyomatosis / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Tamoxifen / therapeutic use
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / etiology
  • Thrombosis / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Uterine Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Uterine Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Tamoxifen