Diagnosis and management of inferior vena cava leiomyosarcoma: Review of the literature with a case presentation
Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, cilt.21, sa.3, ss.858-863, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Doi Numarası: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.7649
- Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.858-863
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Inferior vena cava, Leiomyosarcoma, Vascular tumor
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Inferior vena cava (IVC) leiomyosarcoma is a rare clinicalentity. The best treatment for this rare tumor is completesurgical resection of the tumor and consequently resectionof IVC leading to the need for venous reconstruction.Ligation of IVC after resection or reconstruction includingprimary repair, patch repair or tube grafting with syntheticor biological materials are available. As the currentknowledge of IVC sarcomas is based primarily on casereports and small case series, it is of utmost importance toreport individual cases. In this article, we report a 69-yearoldfemale with IVC leiomyosarcoma who underwentreconstruction with a Dacron tube graft in the light ofclinical characteristics of the disease from diagnosis totreatment along with a detailed review of the literature data.