Leiomyosarcoma of the uterus with intravascular tumor extension and pulmonary tumor embolism

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-142

  McDonald, Douglas K ^a   Kalva, Sanjeeva P ^a,b   Fan, Chieh Min ^a   Vasilyev, Aleksandr ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GRB 290 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Intravascular tumor embolism; Intravenous leiomyomatosis; Intravenous leiomyosarcomatosis; Leiomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR EMBOLISM; UTERUS TUMOR; VASCULAR TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RARE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 33845404661     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-006-0118-4     Document Type: Article

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