A 63-year-old woman presented a solid right 4.5 cmperirenal mass diagnosed incidentally by ultrasonogra-phy. Her medical history revealed a slightly painfulabdominal symptomatology of 3 years’ duration. Thelevels of serum creatinine, electrolytes and haemoglobinwere normal. A CT scan showed a 7 cm heterogeneousparacaval ovoid mass with a central hypodense area(Fig. 1) suggestive of retroperitoneal adenopathy withno bone metastases, confirmed by scintigraphy. Initially,an abdominal laparoscopy was carried out; the intra-operative evaluation revealed a neoplasm originating
Caval leiomyosarcoma
Siracusano, S.;Liguori, G.;Trombetta, C.;Zanconati, F.
1997-01-01
Abstract
A 63-year-old woman presented a solid right 4.5 cmperirenal mass diagnosed incidentally by ultrasonogra-phy. Her medical history revealed a slightly painfulabdominal symptomatology of 3 years’ duration. Thelevels of serum creatinine, electrolytes and haemoglobinwere normal. A CT scan showed a 7 cm heterogeneousparacaval ovoid mass with a central hypodense area(Fig. 1) suggestive of retroperitoneal adenopathy withno bone metastases, confirmed by scintigraphy. Initially,an abdominal laparoscopy was carried out; the intra-operative evaluation revealed a neoplasm originatingFile in questo prodotto:
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