Intravenous Leiomyomatosis of the Uterus: A Retrospective Single-Center Study in 14 Cases.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to retrospectively review the diagnosis and surgical treatment of uterine intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL).

Methods

The clinical data of 14 patients with uterine IVL admitted to our hospital between 2013 and 2018 were retrospectively analyzed, including their demographics, imaging results, surgical procedures, perioperative complications, and follow-up results.

Results

The tumors were confined to the pelvic cavity in 7 patients, 1 into the inferior vena cava, 4 into the right atrium, and 2 into the pulmonary artery (including 1 into the superior vena cava). Only one case was misdiagnosed as right atrial myxoma before the operation, which was found during the surgery and was treated by staging surgery; all the other patients underwent one-stage

SUBMITTER: Su Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7155762 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature