Case report: Reconstruction of the left renal vein with resected autologous right renal vein interposition after excision of an inferior vena cava leiomyosarcoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC) was a rather rare disease with the characteristics of invading the adjacent viscera. Surgical resection is the only potential curative treatment, and radiation therapy and chemotherapy for leiomyosarcoma are not definite. There is few literature reporting the leiomyosarcoma of the IVC.

Case presentation

A previously healthy 64-year-old female was admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University with the complaint of right lower quadrant abdominal pain for almost three years and worsening with a radiating ache in the waist recently. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography(CT) scans revealed a large (7.8 cm*5.5 cm*5.0 cm) irregular hypodense retroperitoneal mass with heterogeneous enhancement and inva

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362845 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature