Small Renal Cell Carcinoma Associated with Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus.
- Author:
Duk Kyo KIM
1
;
Heeyoul KIM
;
Jung Sik HUH
;
Sung Goo CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Renal cell carcinoma;
Inferior vena cava thrombus
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Renal Cell*;
Humans;
Renal Veins;
Thrombosis*;
Vena Cava, Inferior*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1995;36(11):1275-1278
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Renal cell Carcinoma is an unusual cancer with the propensity to invade not only the renal vein but to propagate into the inferior vena cava(IVC) as a tumor thrombus. No tumor thrombus extending to the IVC was seen in a renal cell carcinoma less than 4.5 cm in the greatest diameter among 431 consecutive patients in the Mayo Clinic from January 1976 to January 1992. The present case was a 3.5 cm in size small renal cell carcinoma on the right upper pole which had a tumor thrombus which extended to the inferior vena cava.
