Primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: case report

Abdom Imaging. 2010 Aug;35(4):481-4. doi: 10.1007/s00261-009-9549-0. Epub 2009 Jun 26.

Abstract

The patient was a 63-year-old woman with a chief complaint of blood-stained sputum. A tumor of the inferior vena cava was found on chest computed tomography (CT) and identified as a primary tumor based on multidetector CT and contrast-enhanced MR angiography. An intrapelvic tumor was also discovered. On autopsy, the two tumors were diagnosed as leiomyosarcoma and ovarian fibroma, respectively.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Contrast Media
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leiomyosarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Leiomyosarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Vena Cava, Inferior* / diagnostic imaging
  • Vena Cava, Inferior* / pathology

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  • Contrast Media