TY - JOUR
T1 - Aggressive surgery aids long-term IVC leiomyosarcoma survival
T2 - Report of a case
AU - Komatsu, Hirotake
AU - Tsuchiya, Takashi
AU - Honda, Hiroshi
AU - Naito, Takeshi
AU - Oikawa, Masaya
AU - Kakita, Tetsuya
AU - Oyama, Atsushi
AU - Yazawa, Takashi
AU - Miura, Yasuhiro
AU - Sawai, Takashi
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We report a case of inferior vena cava (IVC) sarcoma aiding long-term survival. A 39-year-old woman underwent radical surgery in July 2001. In it, a retroperitoneal tumor was resected and the IVC partially resected and replaced with a synthetic vascular prosthesis. Histologically, findings showed IVC leiomyosarcoma. Metachronous local and distant recurrence was found after liver metastasis detected 27 months after surgery. For this, she underwent 10 resections, dying 95 months (7.9 years) after initial surgery. Resections involved the liver, pancreas, subcutaneous soft tissue, spine, and local recurrent sites. The last detected but unresectable metastases were of the skull and soft tissue. Our case underscores the importance of aggressive surgery in recurrent IVC sarcoma for lengthening survival.
AB - We report a case of inferior vena cava (IVC) sarcoma aiding long-term survival. A 39-year-old woman underwent radical surgery in July 2001. In it, a retroperitoneal tumor was resected and the IVC partially resected and replaced with a synthetic vascular prosthesis. Histologically, findings showed IVC leiomyosarcoma. Metachronous local and distant recurrence was found after liver metastasis detected 27 months after surgery. For this, she underwent 10 resections, dying 95 months (7.9 years) after initial surgery. Resections involved the liver, pancreas, subcutaneous soft tissue, spine, and local recurrent sites. The last detected but unresectable metastases were of the skull and soft tissue. Our case underscores the importance of aggressive surgery in recurrent IVC sarcoma for lengthening survival.
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U2 - 10.5833/jjgs.44.510
DO - 10.5833/jjgs.44.510
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79955772060
VL - 44
SP - 510
EP - 518
JO - Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery
JF - Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery
SN - 0386-9768
IS - 4
ER -
