title: Inferior vena cava thrombosis. Unusual presentation of testicular tumor.
abstract: We report an unusual case of testicular tumor presenting as thrombosis of the inferior vena cava. However, in contrast to a previous report, thrombosis in this patient was not caused by compression of the vena cava by neoplasm metastases. In our patient, we postulate that tumor invaded the vena cava and that thrombosis was exacerbated by a hypercoagulable state induced by the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Illinois Hospital, College of Medicine, Chicago.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharifi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Schade
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants