[Leiomyoma of external iliac vein]

Authors present a case report of a patient who was diagnosed with a tumour of external iliac vein. Excision of venous wall with tumour and reconstruction of external iliac vein with venous patch was performed. Postoperative course was without complication. The patient is without complications and also without signs of recurrence in one year follow up. Tumours of venous wall are rare. They originate from vena cava inferior, less often from extremity veins. The most frequent primary tumours of vein wall are leiomyosarcomas. Secondary tumours that involve venous wall are more common than primary tumours. Primary renal carcinoma or sarcomas of retroperitoneum represent a tumour that invades vena cava inferior. The diagnosis is based on CT and MRI. Surgical resection remains the mainstay of treatment. Chronic well collateralized obstruction is not necessary to reconstruct. Vena cava inferior and iliac veins are reconstructed with PTFE graft. Extremity veins are reconstructed using venous graft from great saphenous vein. Perioperative mortality after resection of vena cava inferior and pelvic veins is up to 6.9% major morbidity up to 33% and a fiveyear survival up to 52%. Patients with infrarenal involvement of vena cava have better outcomes than patients with involvement of retrohepatal vena cava inferior.Key words: venous tumour leiomyoma of venous wall.