Intravenous leiomyoma with cardiac involvement

Int Angiol. 2001 Dec;20(4):345-7.

Abstract

We report a case of intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) in a 44-year-old woman, presenting with cardiothoracic clinical manifestations. Such a rare neoplastic condition most often arises from the uterine veins. At times it may reach the right cavities of the heart and it must be considered in the differential diagnosis with a cardiac myxoma or a thrombus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Hepatic Veins*
  • Humans
  • Leiomyoma / diagnosis*
  • Leiomyoma / surgery
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Tricuspid Valve
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vascular Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vena Cava, Inferior*