Intravenous leiomyomatosis

Narayanaswamy Mariyappa; Uday Kumar Manikyam; Dinesh Krishnamurthy; K Preeti; Yamini Agarwal; U Prakar

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Year : 2012 | Volume : 18 | Issue : 2 | Page : 105-106

Intravenous leiomyomatosis

Narayanaswamy Mariyappa¹, Uday Kumar Manikyam², Dinesh Krishnamurthy³, K Preeti¹, Yamini Agarwal¹, U Prakar¹
¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research Center, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India
² Department of Pathology, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research Center, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research Center, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India

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Narayanaswamy Mariyappa
Prakruthi, No. 254, 1st Cross, 1st Main, New Extension, Near Doomlight Circle, Kolar - 563 101, Karnataka
India

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DOI: 10.4103/1117-6806.103122

Leiomyomas are benign tumors arising from smooth muscle of the uterus. Intravenous leiomyomatosis is characterized by intraluminal growth of benign smooth muscle into either venous or lymphatic vessels outside the limits of myoma. It commonly extends into the pelvic veins and manifests as worm-like protrusions of tumor emanating from veins at the parametrial margins of hysterectomy specimen. The tumor can cause life-threatening symptoms if it involves inferior vena cava or right atrium. We report a case of intravenous leiomyomatosis of the uterus managed at our institution.

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