Open AccessLaparoscopic excision of leiomyosarcoma of inferior vena cava
Author(s) -
Pravin Suryawanshi,
Mohit Agrawal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_152_16
Subject(s) - medicine , leiomyosarcoma , inferior vena cava , surgery , soft tissue , lumen (anatomy) , vena cava , radiology
Leiomyosarcoma of inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare soft tissue tumour. Only 0.5% of all soft tissue sarcomas of adults and only 300 cases are reported till date. We describe our encounter with such a case where we were successful in radical excision of tumour with the use of vascular staplers on the IVC without compromising IVC lumen. Leiomyosarcoma of IVC is a rare entity, and laparoscopic excision of the tumour is possible in exophytic tumour.