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Echocardiographic Study of an Intravenous Leiomyoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Baca López Francisco Martínez,
MartínezEnriquez Agustín,
CastrejónAivar Francisco José,
RuanovaLeón David,
YánezGutiérrez Lucelli
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2003.02152.x
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , leiomyoma , pulmonary embolism , hysterectomy , surgery , vein , smooth muscle tumor , embolism , smooth muscle , radiology
Intravenous leiomyoma is a rare tumor of smooth muscle with invasion to veined channels that affects women at reproductive age. The case of a 45‐year‐old woman is described, with history of oophorectomy and hysterectomy, in addition to abdominal surgery due to mesenteric tumor. Several months later, the patient developed syncope and dyspnea secondary to pulmonary embolism. Echocardiographic study reported a mass in right side of heart proceding from inferior vena cava. The patient underwent tumor surgical resection from left iliac vein and histologic study concluded intravascular leiomyomatosis. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 20, November 2003)