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8112951

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-two cases of intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) of the uterus were examined at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, within a 22-year period. The mean age of the patients was 46 years (range, 23-66). Nine patients presented with a pelvic mass, nine with abnormal uterine bleeding, and one with prolapse of the uterus. In three cases, the presenting features were unknown. Surgical exploration confirmed the presence of a uterine mass (mean size, 7.8 cm) which in seven cases extended into the broad ligament. In only 11 cases was involvement of the myometrial vessels obvious on gross examination. However, no extension into the iliac veins or inferior vena cava was found. In seven cases, the tumor involved to a minimal degree the immediately adjacent or contiguous myometrial veins, and the diagnosis of IVL was made incidentally on microscropic examination. Of the 16 patients with follow-up (mean, 7.5 years) all are now disease free. Five years after the diagnosis of IVL, one patient (case 10) had a pulmonary smooth-muscle tumor resected. All 22 patients were treated by surgery alone, and to date none have died from disease. Our findings support the benign biologic behavior of IVL even in the presence of metastases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0277-1691
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Intravenous leiomyomatosis of the uterus: a clinicopathologic study of 22 cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article