Intravenous Leiomyomatosis with Right Heart Involvement—A Report of 4 Cases and Literature Review
10.1007/sl1596-011-0494-0
- Author:
LI YIQING
1
;
MEI FEI
;
YANG CHAO
;
LV PING
;
OUYANG CHENXI
;
JIN BI
Author Information
1. Department of Vascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan430022, China
- Keywords:
intravenous leiomyomatosis;
intracardiac leiomyomatosis;
cardiac tumor;
surgical management
- From:
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences)
2011;31(4):586-588
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is a rare benign neoplasm which originates from the smooth muscle cells and is usually confined to the pelvic venous system.Rarely,intracaval and intracardiac extension has been described.Death can occur as a result of intracardiac involvement.We reported 4 cases of IVL with right heart inyolvement (intracardiac leiomyomatosis,ICL).Three of them suffered recurrent sudden syncope,and the other one was totally asymptomatic.All of them were successfully treated through one-stage operation under extracorporeal circulation.
