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Brief Title: Surgery for Intravenous Leiomyomatosis
Official Title: Surgical Management of Intravenous Leiomyomatosis With Intracardiac Extension: Our Experience and Outcomes
Study ID: NCT01707862
Brief Summary: Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) with intracardiac extension is a rare benign smooth muscle tumor. Reviewing literature, intracardiac extension of the IVL has been reported in at least 70 cases. Most are individual case reports. Surgical experience is not much. However, different opinion of surgical strategies remain controversial. The purpose of this report is to describe our experience of surgical management for the IVL with intracardiac extension.
Detailed Description: All patients underwent surgical management. Clinical data were obtained from medical reports. Following-up was made through email and telephone.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: Yes
Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing, , China
Name: Genetal Hospital Beijing Military Region, First class
Affiliation: Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR