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Direct 64-row MDCT venography in the diagnosis of an inferior vena cava leiomyosarcoma

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We report the usefulness of a technique called direct-MDCT venography in the diagnostic workup of a patient with an inferior vena cava leiomyosarcoma. The technique consists in the injection of contrast agent through both lower limbs achieving maximum enhancement in the inferior vena cava. Images are similar to those of the gold standard conventional cavography. To our knowledge, this is the first description of the direct-MDCT imaging appearance of an inferior vena cava leiomyosarcoma.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Marina Ulla, Andrés Kohan & Ricardo Garcia-Mónaco

  2. Department of Surgery, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Juan Pekolj

  3. Department of Pathology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Mariana Isola

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Ulla, M., Kohan, A., Pekolj, J. et al. Direct 64-row MDCT venography in the diagnosis of an inferior vena cava leiomyosarcoma. Abdom Imaging 36, 333–336 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-010-9630-8

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