title: Tumor thrombosis of the inferior vena cava due to retroperitoneal germ cell tumor.
abstract: Three patients (2 males and 1 female), aged 17-28 years, with tumor thrombosis of the inferior vena cava due to retroperitoneal germ cell tumor are reported. Diagnostic and therapeutic implications of this condition are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*