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SUBMITTER: Merchant AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7765710 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Merchant Akeel M AM Friedland Mark D MD Behrens Marcus A MA Williams Adam R AR Berchuck Andrew A Guinn Nicole R NR
Journal of surgical case reports 20201226 12
Gynecological carcinosarcomas are aggressive tumors with rare occurrence and high rates of metastases. We present the case of a 49-year-old woman with vaginal bleeding and abdominal distension who was found to have a large ovarian carcinosarcoma invading the gonadal vein and inferior vena cava (IVC) and extending into right atrium (RA). She underwent gynecologic tumor resection, IVC cavotomy and en bloc resection of tumor/thrombus through the RA. Use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiog ...[more]