Long-Term Survival in a Case of Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Inferior Vena Cava in Which PET-CT Follow-up Was Useful

Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare malignancy, but has been found more frequently with recent advances in diagnostic imaging. Local recurrence and metastases are frequent with this pathology, and prognosis is poor. We report a case of a patient with leiomyosarcoma of the IVC su...

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Autores principales: Aiba, Masahiro, Kigawa, Ikutaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japanese College of Angiology / The Japanese Society for Vascular Surgery / Japanese Society of Phlebology 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7751081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33384746
http://dx.doi.org/10.3400/avd.cr.20-00056
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Sumario:Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare malignancy, but has been found more frequently with recent advances in diagnostic imaging. Local recurrence and metastases are frequent with this pathology, and prognosis is poor. We report a case of a patient with leiomyosarcoma of the IVC surviving for >10 years after the first resection despite local recurrence and two metastatic recurrences to the pancreas and liver, with successful excisions following early detection on positron emission tomography-computed tomography.

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