title: Surgery of tumors of the subdiaphragmatic inferior vena cava. Report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Two cases of obstruction of the hepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) are presented. In Case 1, the obstruction was due to a calcified thrombus which presumably developed after lower limb trauma 19 months previously. Complete surgical correction was achieved with the aid of deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest. In Case 2, a right atrial tumor was mimicked by a propagating malignant hepatoma. Palliative removal of the tumor cleared the IVC passage. The etiology of tumors of the IVC and their surgical management are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*