Multidisciplinary treatment and long-term outcomes in six patients with leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava.

Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
Jihoon T KimDeokbog Moon

Abstract

Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare primary soft tissue sarcoma. Few reports have detailed the tumor features, treatment strategies, and long-term outcomes in IVC LMS patients. The present report describes the treatment and long-term outcomes of six patients with IVC LMS. We reviewed six consecutive cases of IVC LMS treated at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center from August 1998 to June 2010. The patients comprised five females and one male, and had a median age of 44 years (range, 25 to 64 years). All tumors were suprarenal. The tumors were located between the hepatic and renal veins (i.e., middle segment; n = 5 [83%]), or above the hepatic veins (i.e., upper segment; n = 1 [17%]). Prosthetic IVC replacement using polytetrafluoroethylene grafts was performed in five patients, and the remaining patient underwent only tumor resection and IVC ligation. There were no intraoperative or postoperative deaths. The mean tumor size was 9.3 cm (range, 5 to 20 cm), and five of the six tumors were high grade. The mean follow-up period was 80 months (range, 6 to 118 months). The median survival period was 94 months. Recurrence occurred in all patients. Distant recurrence resulted in th...Continue Reading

References

Oct 1, 1992·Journal of Surgical Oncology·M L DemersM M Romsdahl
Jan 1, 1997·The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery·C B BeilesG Fell
Jun 17, 2003·Journal of Korean Medical Science·Tae-Won KwonGeun-Eun Kim
Oct 3, 2003·Journal of the American College of Surgeons·Scott T HollenbeckMurray F Brennan
Mar 31, 2004·Surgery Today·Yildiray YuzerGul Yuce
Jan 6, 2005·Journal of the American College of Surgeons·Jean HardwigsenY Patrice Le Treut
Jul 28, 2005·The American Surgeon·Jason DewPerry Shen
Jul 22, 2006·Annals of Surgery·Edouard KiefferLaurent Chiche
Sep 27, 2007·Annals of Surgical Oncology·Hiromichi ItoChandrajit P Raut
Oct 9, 2008·Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract·S W ChoT C Gamblin

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Oct 23, 2013·Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract·Barbara Zarebczan DullSharon Weber
May 29, 2013·Annals of Vascular Surgery·Federico LovisettoFrancesco Arceci
Mar 5, 2016·Surgical Case Reports·Karla Elizabeth MoncayoRaúl García
Apr 12, 2016·Journal of Surgical Oncology·Ferdinando Carlo Maria CananziVittorio Quagliuolo
Dec 10, 2014·International Journal of Surgery·Aikaterini MastorakiNikolaos Arkadopoulos
Sep 2, 2016·BMC Surgery·Antje E GohrbandtHauke Lang
Jul 19, 2014·Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals·Mohammad Moazeni-Bistgani, Monem Basravi
Jun 20, 2016·Cirugia y cirujanos·José Antonio López-RuizJavier Padillo-Ruiz
Nov 14, 2017·Journal of Clinical Ultrasound : JCU·Maryam Nabati, Soheil Azizi
Oct 28, 2014·The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery·Jae Hong LimSe Jin Oh
Sep 10, 2019·Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology·Virendra RajpurohitSanjay Nathani
Nov 4, 2017·Oncology Letters·Frederico José Ribeiro TeixeiraEdivaldo Massazo Utiyama
Dec 13, 2018·Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology·Joy GhoseShailesh V Shrikhande
Aug 9, 2019·Annals of Vascular Surgery·Seonjeong JeongTae-Won Kwon
Aug 28, 2020·Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International : HBPD INT·Xin-Xue ZhangQiang He
Aug 21, 2021·Abdominal Radiology·Mindy X WangDhakshinamoorthy Ganeshan

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Methods Mentioned

BETA
surgical resection
biopsies
biopsy

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.