Author(s)

Anas Sarraj, Pablo Alvarez, Paloma Corbaton, José-Manuel Nuche

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery.
Pathology Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Uterine leiomyoma may metastasize via intravascular to the right heart cavities several years after hysterectomy. The symptoms are usually produced by compression of the tissues beside. We describe a simplified technique for excision of a benign metastasizing leiomyoma of suprahepatic segment of inferior vena cava with intracardiac extension.

Cardiac-General; Xtracorporeal Circulation; Minimal Invasive Surgery

A. Sarraj, P. Alvarez, P. Corbaton and J. Nuche, "Simplified Technique for Excision of Metastasizing Leiomyoma of Suprahepatic Inferior Vena Cava with Intracardiac Extension," Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 2 No. 3, 2012, pp. 87-89. doi: 10.4236/ojts.2012.23017.