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Images in emergency medicine
Diagnostically challenging tumour in a great vessel: leiomyosarcoma of inferior vena cava
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A 32-year-old women had a 2-week history of abdominal pain with vomiting. She had direct tenderness in the right upper quadrant and epigastric area. There was an ambiguous, non-pulsatile mass.
Although tumour in the great vessels is rare, the inferior vena cava (IVC) is the most common site of origin. Symptoms include vomiting, leg …
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