Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a case report

The authors report a case of a 48 year-old female patient with moderate abdominal pain and bulging in the abdomen. Physical examination demonstrated the presence of a palpable abdominal mass. Computed tomography showed a heterogeneously enhancing retroperitoneal mass in close contact with the inferi...

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Autores principales: Nascif, Rafael Lemos, Antón, Ana Graziela Santana, Fernandes, Gabriel Lacerda, Dantas, George Caldas, Gomes, Vinícius de Araújo, Natal, Marcelo Ricardo Canuto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25741123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2013.1902
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author Nascif, Rafael Lemos
Antón, Ana Graziela Santana
Fernandes, Gabriel Lacerda
Dantas, George Caldas
Gomes, Vinícius de Araújo
Natal, Marcelo Ricardo Canuto
author_facet Nascif, Rafael Lemos
Antón, Ana Graziela Santana
Fernandes, Gabriel Lacerda
Dantas, George Caldas
Gomes, Vinícius de Araújo
Natal, Marcelo Ricardo Canuto
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description The authors report a case of a 48 year-old female patient with moderate abdominal pain and bulging in the abdomen. Physical examination demonstrated the presence of a palpable abdominal mass. Computed tomography showed a heterogeneously enhancing retroperitoneal mass in close contact with the inferior vena cava. En bloc resection of the mass and of the attached vena cava segment was performed. Histological analysis revealed leiomyosarcoma.
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spelling pubmed-43413722015-03-04 Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a case report Nascif, Rafael Lemos Antón, Ana Graziela Santana Fernandes, Gabriel Lacerda Dantas, George Caldas Gomes, Vinícius de Araújo Natal, Marcelo Ricardo Canuto Radiol Bras Case Reports The authors report a case of a 48 year-old female patient with moderate abdominal pain and bulging in the abdomen. Physical examination demonstrated the presence of a palpable abdominal mass. Computed tomography showed a heterogeneously enhancing retroperitoneal mass in close contact with the inferior vena cava. En bloc resection of the mass and of the attached vena cava segment was performed. Histological analysis revealed leiomyosarcoma. Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4341372/ /pubmed/25741123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2013.1902 Text en © Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nascif, Rafael Lemos
Antón, Ana Graziela Santana
Fernandes, Gabriel Lacerda
Dantas, George Caldas
Gomes, Vinícius de Araújo
Natal, Marcelo Ricardo Canuto
Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a case report
title Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a case report
title_full Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a case report
title_fullStr Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a case report
title_short Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a case report
title_sort leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: a case report
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25741123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2013.1902
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