title: Surgical management of renal cell carcinoma extended into the vena cava and the right atrium.
abstract: The present report describes two cases of renal cell carcinoma extending into the vena cava and the right atrium. The treatment was total nephrectomy and tumor thrombectomy, utilizing extracorporeal circulation. The aggressive surgical management of this progressive malignant disease is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nara Medical University.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okajima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Niwaya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*