Right Atrial Extension of Primary Venous Leiomyosarcoma: Pulmonary Embolism and Budd-Chiari Syndrome at Presentation: A Case Report

Angiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-216

  Gowda, Ramesh M ^a   Gowda, Mamatha R ^a   Mehta, Nirav J ^b,c   Osborne, Rhonda ^a   Bixon, Ronda ^a   Vasavada, Balendu C ^a   Sacchi, Terrence J ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CAVOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; REVIEW;

AGED; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 1542410193     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500215     Document Type: Review

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