INTRAVASCULAR LEIOMYOMATOSIS

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 59  (6) , S73-S77
Abstract
Two cases of intravasular leiomyomatosis are described. In 1 case, a 66-yr-old woman was seen with an extension of the tumor to the myometrium, cervix and left parametrium and with radiologic evidence of tumor extension to the left external and common iliac veins and the inferior vena cava; subsequently, the tumor invaded the left renal, supranrenal and ovarian veins, hepatic veins, and the right atrium, causing severe heart failure and death. The second case is that of a 28-yr-old woman with an advanced tumor in the inferior vena cava, right atrium, and ventricle who died during cardiac surgery. Review of the literature is presented, with special comment on the management of this disease entity.