Successful Resection Of A Retrohepatic Inferior Vena Cava Primary Leiomyosarcoma With Atrial Thrombus Extension In A 30-Week Pregnant Woman

Leiomyosarcomas are an uncommon malignant subset of tumors accounting for approximately 20% of soft tissue sarcomas. Primary vascular leiomyosarcomas (PVL) are a rare subset of leiomyosarcomas that may originate in the arterial or venous circulation, but most commonly affect the inferior vena cava (IVC).1 PVLs more commonly affect women to men in a 2:1 ratio and most frequently occur in the 4th to 6th decades of life. Few reports have described this infrequent pathologic state in the setting of advanced pregnancy.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - May 15, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Nooromid MJ, Caicedo JC, Pham DT, Kundu SD, Eskandari MK Tags: Case Report Source Type: research