Successful One Stage Surgical Removal of Intravenous Leiomyomatosis with On Pump Beating Heart Technique

Heart Lung Circ. 2016 May;25(5):e72-4. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.11.003. Epub 2015 Nov 28.

Abstract

An intravenous leiomyomatoma is a rare benign smooth muscle tumour originating from myometrial veins. Surgical resection is the best treatment for intracardiac extension of intravenous leiomyoma. Here we present a very rare case of intravascular and intracardiac leiomyomatosis. We successfully performed one-stage surgery to remove the leiomyomatosis with beating heart under cardiopulmonary bypass.

Keywords: Beating heart.; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Leiomyomatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass / methods*
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Leiomyomatosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Leiomyomatosis / surgery*
  • Middle Aged