Pregnant woman presenting with a gross retroperitoneal mass: surgical treatment with caval replacement

Eur Urol. 2008 Sep;54(3):677-80. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.06.074. Epub 2008 Jul 2.

Abstract

A 40-year-old woman in the twenty-fifth week of pregnancy presented with a gross retroperitoneal mass. At the end of the pregnancy, the patient was submitted to surgery, and the gross infiltration of the inferior vena cava wall required the resection of the vena cava with its prosthetic substitution. The histopathological examination demonstrated the presence of a leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava. An electronic video supplement showing the most important intraoperative passages is available online at doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2008.06.074.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leiomyosarcoma / pathology
  • Leiomyosarcoma / surgery*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / pathology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / surgery*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / pathology
  • Vascular Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery*