Atypical leiomyoma arising in an hepatic vein with extension into the inferior vena cava and right atrium. Report of a case in a child

H J Dunlap; K Udjus

doi:10.1007/BF02012978

Atypical leiomyoma arising in an hepatic vein with extension into the inferior vena cava and right atrium. Report of a case in a child

Pediatr Radiol. 1990;20(3):202-3. doi: 10.1007/BF02012978.

Authors

H J Dunlap¹, K Udjus

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 2191270
DOI: 10.1007/BF02012978

Abstract

We report an atypical leiomyoma arising in an hepatic vein and extending into the inferior vena cava and right atrium in a fourteen year old boy. US, CT and MRI facilitated diagnosis and removal of this tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Heart Atria / pathology*
Heart Neoplasms / pathology
Hepatic Veins / pathology*
Humans
Leiomyoma / diagnosis*
Leiomyoma / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology*