Value of magnetic resonance imaging in the depiction of intravenous leiomyomatosis extending to the heart

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2003 Jul-Aug;27(4):630-3. doi: 10.1097/00004728-200307000-00033.

Abstract

Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a seldom neoplasia characterized by invasion of venous channels by a benign smooth muscle tumor originating either from a uterine myoma or from vessel wall. Extension to the heart may cause mechanical obstruction and is frequently misdiagnosed as a right-atrial myxoma. We present a case of recurrent intravenous leiomyomatosis with previous hysterectomy because of uterine leiomyoma which have different magnetic resonance characteristics than that of the former reports.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Leiomyoma / complications*
  • Leiomyoma / surgery
  • Leiomyomatosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Leiomyomatosis / etiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Uterine Neoplasms / complications*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery