Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: A clinicopathologic review and report of three cases

✍ Scribed by Kulaylat, Mahmoud N.; Karakousis, Constantine P.; Doerr, Ralph J.; Karamanoukian, Hratch L.; O'Brien, John; Peer, Richard

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 127 KB
• Volume: 65
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-4790
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9098(199707)65:3<205::aid-jso11>3.0.co;2-2

✦ Synopsis

Background and objectives:

We operated on three patients with leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava.

Methods:

Complete excision was possible in all three patients.

Results:

One patient developed widespread metastasis at 23 months, one patient is alive with no evidence of disease at 70 months, and one patient is alive at 15 months. the third patient had subcutaneous and pulmonary metastases at the time of presentation, which are radiologically nondetectable at present following postoperative chemotherapy.

Conclusions:

The clinicopathologic features, prognostic factors, and treatment of 130 cases found in a comprehensive literature search and our three cases are reported.