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Case Reports
. 2016 Aug;95(35):e4722.
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004722.

Intravenous leiomyomatosis with inferior vena cava or intracardiac extension and concurrent bilateral multiple pulmonary nodules: A report of 2 cases

Guorui Zhang  1 , Xin Yu, Jinghe Lang
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Case Reports

Intravenous leiomyomatosis with inferior vena cava or intracardiac extension and concurrent bilateral multiple pulmonary nodules: A report of 2 cases

Guorui Zhang et al. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Aug.

Abstract

Background: Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a special type of uterine leiomyoma and features formation and growth of benign leiomyoma tissue within vascular wall. Benign metastatic leiomyoma refers to benign leiomyoma metastasizing to extra-uterine sites, dominantly lung. Solitary or multiple small nodules in the lung can be seen in image scans.

Methods: We report 2 cases of intravenous leiomyomatosis with inferior vena cava or intracardiac extension and concurrent multiple nodules in bilateral lungs.

Results: Case 1 was a 40-year-old woman with a large mass in pelvic cavity, masses in heart chambers, and disseminates pulmonary nodules detected at preoperative image scans. Masses in pelvic cavity and heart were resected in a 2-stage surgery. Histology examination confirmed the diagnosis of intravenous leiomyomatosis. Pulmonary nodules stayed stable during follow-up. Case 2 was a 37-year-old woman with 3 times of uterine-related surgeries. A pelvic mass appeared again and filling defect was observed in left ovarian vein, right renal vein, right common iliac vein, and inferior vena cava. Tumors in pelvic cavity and within vessels were removed in a 1-stage surgery. Histology examination confirmed the diagnosis of intravenous leiomyomatosis. Pulmonary nodules remained stable during follow-up.

Conclusion: The incidence of benign metastatic leiomyoma in patients with intravenous leiomyomatosis might be relatively high. Metastasis of intravenous leiomyomatosis lesions was a possible source of benign metastatic leiomyoma in these cases.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding and conflicts of interest to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Computed tomography images of case 1 were shown. Multiple round-shaped nodules (arrows) with different sizes were randomly distributed in bilateral lung fields in coronary plane (A), sagittal plane (B), and axial plane (C) in April 2014. Multiple nodules in bilateral lung fields changed little (D) in September 2014.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Computed tomography images of case 2 were shown. A pelvic mass and filling defect right common iliac vein and inferior vena cava (A and B) were detected in March 2014. Multiple round-shaped nodules were randomly distributed in bilateral lungs in March 2014 (C). Multiple nodules in bilateral lungs remained stable in April 2015.
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