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Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 4-6 , January 2009

Recurrent Pelvic Intravenous Leiomyomatosis with Extension up the Inferior Vena Cava

W.-l. Jiang
- Department of Vascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
T.-h. Zhang
- Department of Vascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Corresponding author. T.-h. Zhang, MD, Department of Vascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang Street, Harbin, China.
Y.-n. Zhang
- Department of Vascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
S.-j. Hu
- Department of Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
T. Yamakawa
- Department of Surgery, Mini-invasive Surgery Center, Teikyo University Mizonokuchi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Received 18 August 2008 ,Accepted 16 October 2008.

The 64 multi-detector computerized tomography (CT) venography for the heart and the major vessels. It displayed that in the dilated right atrium, there was a large mass lesion which extended through t

The 64 multi-detector computerized tomography (CT) venography for the heart and the major vessels. It displayed that in the dilated right atrium, there was a large mass lesion which extended through the inferior vena cava and almost completely filled it, and also reached the iliac veins and that a mass was also seen in the cavitas pelvis.
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A large, smooth mass is seen after extraction from the inferior vena cava. A, a smooth tumor is shown after the inferior vena cava is cut open. B, A large smooth tumor was removing from the inferior v

A large, smooth mass is seen after extraction from the inferior vena cava. A, a smooth tumor is shown after the inferior vena cava is cut open. B, A large smooth tumor was removing from the inferior vena cava.
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