Transitional cell carcinoma of renal pelvis with invasion of renal vein and thrombosis of subhepatic inferior vena cava.
A case of transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis with invasion of the renal veins and inferior vena cava is reported. Radical surgical excision of the kidney and inferior vena cava was performed. The patient is alive one year post surgery.
D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000473:pathology; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000473:pathology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology