1 Nov 2005Case Report
Leiomyosarcoma of femoral veins
Nicolas Condilis 1Paschalia Takidou 2Argyrios Papavassiliou 2
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Thrace, Greece
2 Department of Familiar Medicine, Peripheral General State Hospital of Nikaia, Piraeus, Greece
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2005, 76(6), 577-578;
Published: 1 Nov 2005
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Abstract
Responsible for venous obstruction is a lot of causes, among which area benign or malignant lesions. These lesions obstruct the veins by either intraluminal or extraluminal involvement or by external pressure, due to tumors growing in the surrounding tissues. Owing to its rarity, the Authors report on a case of leiomyosarcoma of the left femoral vein treated in their Unit.
Keywords
- Venous obstruction
- vascular leiomyosarcoma
- leiomyosarcoma of veins
