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| Title |
Computerized tomography angiography in preoperative assessment of intravenous leiomyomatosis extending to inferior vena cava and heart
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| Published in |
BMC Cancer, February 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12885-016-2112-9 |
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| Authors |
Ting Gui, Qiuhong Qian, Dongyan Cao, Jiaxin Yang, Ping Peng, Keng Shen |
| Abstract |
Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) extending to inferior vena cava and heart is one of the most challenging conditions for surgical treatment. We explored the use of computerized tomography angiography (CTA) in preoperative assessment for this disease. A cohort of 31 patients with IVL extending to inferior vena cava and heart were reviewed from the year 2002 to 2014, focusing on the preoperative CTA imaging characteristics and the surgical procedures in clinical treatment. All patients were diagnosed correctly combining the clinical medical history and CTA imaging. Thirteen patients had tumors confined within the inferior vena cava, and 18 patients had tumors intruding into the right heart. Furthermore, 15 tumors were located in the right atrium alone, and 3 tumors involved both the right atrium and the right ventricle. All patients had simple or multiple soft tissue masses from the pelvis, with 22 tumors extending into inferior vena cava through the iliac veins and 9 tumors through the ovarian veins. Three patients had tumors invading into lung and underwent tumor thrombus resection in the pulmonary artery. Patients received either one-stage surgery or two-stage surgery dependent on patient general condition and tumor status. All operations were successfully performed by multidisciplinary cooperation, including gynecology, cardiac surgery, and vascular surgery, without severe surgical-related complications or deaths. CTA imaging can present location, size, and full-scale extension pathway of IVL lesions, and can be used as first-line imaging technique in preoperative assessment, having great significance in making surgical plan and obtaining successful outcome. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 14 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 14 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 14% |
| Researcher | 2 | 14% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 7% |
| Professor | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 2 | 14% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 1 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |