title: Neoplastic phlebothrombosis from renal vein to right atrium: a case report.
abstract: The authors present an atypical case of neoplastic thrombosis of the great abdominal veins, evaluated with echo-Doppler duplex scanner and computed tomographic scan with contrast enhancement. In this report the authors stress again the diagnostic accuracy of echo-Doppler methods in the study of such a phlebopathy. They describe its sonographic differential diagnosis from acute or chronic idiopathic phlebothrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, S. Massimo Hospital, Penne, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bronzi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orlando
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Venarucci
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*