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Primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: case report

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The patient was a 63-year-old woman with a chief complaint of blood-stained sputum. A tumor of the inferior vena cava was found on chest computed tomography (CT) and identified as a primary tumor based on multidetector CT and contrast-enhanced MR angiography. An intrapelvic tumor was also discovered. On autopsy, the two tumors were diagnosed as leiomyosarcoma and ovarian fibroma, respectively.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchikamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan

    Mitsuhiro Narata, Yoshitaka Okuhata, Katsumi Abe, Akiko Takemoto, Toshiya Maebayashi, Satoshi Furuhashi & Motoichiro Takahashi

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Narata, M., Okuhata, Y., Abe, K. et al. Primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava: case report. Abdom Imaging 35, 481–484 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-009-9549-0

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