Aggressive Angiomyxoma of the Pelvis With Cardiac Involvement

Aggressive angiomyxoma of the pelvis with inferior vena cava involvement: MR imaging features

“…The first was a 38-year-old woman who developed inferior vena cava thrombus extending into the right cardiac cavities which could not be shown to be tissue on transesophageal echocardiography or CT but only on biopsy [8]. The second was a third pelvic recurrence in a 38-year-old woman with extension into the inferior vena cava associated with a lung metastasis [9].…”

Successful Surgical Treatment of an Aggressive Pelvic Angiomyxoma With Intracardiac Extension

“…In our case this by definition benign tumor developed lifethreatening sequelae due to its extension to the right side of the heart. Only one similar case has been previously described in the literature [3]. In that case the intracardiac mass was removed separately and the removal of the extension to the inferior vena cava was not commented on.…”

“…Since then there have been approximately 300 cases of AAM published. Intracardiac manifestation of AAM has only once previously been described in the literature [3]. In addition, a few cases with multifocal tumor or metastasis, 1 of them including mediastinal masses, have been published [1,4].…”