Late intracaval and intracardiac leiomyomatosis following hysterectomy forbenign myomas treated by surgery and GnRH agonist

Background. The aim of this study was to report an exceptional case of a pa tient presenting with intracaval and intracardiac leiomyomatosis treated by combined surgical and medical treatment. Case. A 48-year-old presented with intracaval and intracardiac leiomyomatos is (IL) discovered 6 years following a total hysterectomy with ovarian cons ervation for myomas. Surgical resection of the pelvic myomas and intracaval leiomyomatosis was performed during the same surgical procedure. Given the presence of a small tumor residuum in the pelvic cavity, postoperative med ical treatment based on a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist was delivered for 1 year. The patient was followed-up using clinical examinati on and systematic CT scan. Ten months following the end of medical treatmen t, she is still in good health and the pelvic residuum has stabilized. Conclusions. Patients with pelvic tumor combined with IL could be treated u sing a one-stage surgical procedure. In cases of incomplete surgical resect ion, medical treatment based on GnRH agonist could be successfully delivere d. (C) 2001 Academic Press.