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Tumorectomy, resection, and ligation of the infrarenal inferior vena cava in a 67-year-old woman with leiomyosarcoma resulted in no clinical or radiologic signs of recurrence at 12-month follow-up.
Case Report (n=1)
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Complete resection and ligation of the infrarenal IVC can be a successful surgical management strategy for IVC leiomyosarcoma, yielding no recurrence at 12 months in this case.
Supports feasibility of resection in rare IVC leiomyosarcoma; leaves open need for prospective outcome data.
Inferior vena cava (IVC) leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm more commonly seen in women in the fifth to sixth decade of life. Complete resection of the tumor with negative margins is the only therapeutical option that has demonstrated a survival benefit. This report presents a case of a 67-year-old woman affected by a lower segment IVC leiomyosarcoma incidentally detected during a chronic abdominal pain study. The patient was treated with tumorectomy, resection and ligation of the infrarenal IVC without signs or recurrence on a 12-month follow-up.
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Moncayo et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Inferior vena cava leiomyosarcoma (n=1). Tumorectomy, resection and ligation of the infrarenal IVC was evaluated on Recurrence at 12 months. Tumorectomy, resection, and ligation of the infrarenal inferior vena cava in a 67-year-old woman with leiomyosarcoma resulted in no clinical or radiologic signs of recurrence at 12-month follow-up.
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