Four to ten percent of patients with renal cell carcinoma have extension of tumor thrombus into the vena cava. These cancers remain resistant to chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Aggressive surgical therapy for these patients, with no apparent evidence of metastatic disease using hypothermia, temporary
Hypervascular renal transitional cell carcinoma with extension into the renal vein and inferior vena cava
β Scribed by Tsuyoshi Tajima; Kengo Yoshimitsu; Hiroshi Honda; Toshirou Kuroiwa; Hiroyuki Irie; Kenji Makisumi; Kouji Masuda; Yoshihumi Abe; Seiji Naitou
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 321 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-6111
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β¦ Synopsis
A rare case of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) with extension into the renal vein and inferior vena cava (IVC) is presented. Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography successfully delineated tumor thrombus in the right renal vein and IVC. TCC should be included in the differential diagnosis of renal tumors that can cause IVC thrombosis.
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