Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava presenting as deep venous thrombosis; case report

Primary tumors arising from the inferior vena cava are extremely rare, leiomyosarcoma is the most common one arising from the smooth muscle cells in the media of the wall of the vena cava. A 42-year-old lady had epigastric pain and back pain for 4 months with signs of deep vein thrombosis of the rig...

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Autores principales: Arif, Sardar Hassan, Mohammed, Ayad Ahmad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6888706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31827658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.10.034
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description Primary tumors arising from the inferior vena cava are extremely rare, leiomyosarcoma is the most common one arising from the smooth muscle cells in the media of the wall of the vena cava. A 42-year-old lady had epigastric pain and back pain for 4 months with signs of deep vein thrombosis of the right lower limb. CT-scan showed a mass related to the inferior vena cava which was proved by histopathological examination to be leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava. A multidisciplinary team is required for the diagnosis and management of tumors the vena cava. Long term follow-up is recommended.
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spelling pubmed-68887062019-12-11 Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava presenting as deep venous thrombosis; case report Arif, Sardar Hassan Mohammed, Ayad Ahmad Radiol Case Rep Oncology Primary tumors arising from the inferior vena cava are extremely rare, leiomyosarcoma is the most common one arising from the smooth muscle cells in the media of the wall of the vena cava. A 42-year-old lady had epigastric pain and back pain for 4 months with signs of deep vein thrombosis of the right lower limb. CT-scan showed a mass related to the inferior vena cava which was proved by histopathological examination to be leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava. A multidisciplinary team is required for the diagnosis and management of tumors the vena cava. Long term follow-up is recommended. Elsevier 2019-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6888706/ /pubmed/31827658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.10.034 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Arif, Sardar Hassan
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Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava presenting as deep venous thrombosis; case report
title Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava presenting as deep venous thrombosis; case report
title_full Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava presenting as deep venous thrombosis; case report
title_fullStr Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava presenting as deep venous thrombosis; case report
title_full_unstemmed Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava presenting as deep venous thrombosis; case report
title_short Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava presenting as deep venous thrombosis; case report
title_sort leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava presenting as deep venous thrombosis; case report
topic Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6888706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31827658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.10.034
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