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Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus with Intravascular Tumor Extension and Pulmonary Tumor Embolism

Authors: Douglas K. McDonald, Sanjeeva P. Kalva, Chieh-Min Fan, Aleksandr Vasilyev

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 1/2007

Abstract

We report the case of a 48-year-old woman presenting with recurrent uterine leiomyosarcoma (LMS) associated with right iliac vein and inferior vena cava (IVC) invasion and left lower lobe pulmonary tumor embolus. Because the prognosis and treatment differ from that of thrombotic pulmonary emboli, the differentiating imaging characteristics of intravascular tumor embolism are reviewed. To our knowledge, only two other cases of intravenous uterine leiomyosarcomatosis have been described in the existing literature, and this is the first reported case of the entity with associated intravascular tumor embolism.

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Title: Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus with Intravascular Tumor Extension and Pulmonary Tumor Embolism
Authors: Douglas K. McDonald
Sanjeeva P. Kalva
Chieh-Min Fan
Aleksandr Vasilyev
Publication date: 01-02-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-006-0118-4

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