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Leiomyosarcoma of the Inferior Vena Cava: A Case Report
- Source :
- Iranian Journal of Radiology. 14
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Briefland, 2017.
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Abstract
- Leiomyosarcomas (LMS) are mesenchymal neoplasms that arise from smooth muscle cells, which less frequently occur in veins. Commonly, leiomyosarcoma accompanied with necrosis and cystic degeneration, which noted as non-enhanced areas on radiological examinations were seen frequently in the literature. We present a rare case of a leiomyosarcoma arising from the inferior vena cava, invading into the right atrium, found accidentally in a 46-year-old male who clinically manifested as progressive dyspnea on exertion. Radiological examinations showed a moderate heterogeneous enhancement tumor followed with foci of non-enhancement area in the central, which was not definitely in line with the pathological findings. The imaging features and differential diagnosis of the tumor are outlined here.
- Subjects :
- Leiomyosarcoma
medicine.medical_specialty
Necrosis
business.industry
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
medicine.disease
Inferior vena cava
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
body regions
CYSTIC DEGENERATION
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.vein
Smooth muscle
Rare case
Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiology
Differential diagnosis
medicine.symptom
business
Pathological
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20082711 and 17351065
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Iranian Journal of Radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........69ef305f4295aef4d39b22b30822a3f5