A case report of intravenous leiomyomatosis extending into the heart

The patient was a 47-year-old woman who underwent total hysterectomy for ut erine leiomyoma in 1994. Two years later. intracaval and intravenous tumors were found by ultrasonic cardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, enhance d chest computed tomography, and venography. The patient underwent total re moval of these tumors. Pathological findings indicated that these tumors we re leiomyomas. After comparing the present findings with those of similar c ases in the literature, we concluded that our patient had intravenous leiom yomatosis extending into the heart.