Inferior vena cava thrombus after retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for testicular tumor.
A rare case of a thrombus in the inferior vena cava (IVC) after retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for a testicular tumor is reported. A computed tomograph performed after the operation incidentally showed a filling defect in the IVC. However, it was impossible to decide whether the defect was due to an ordinary or a neoplastic thrombus. For this reason, a thrombectomy was performed, and postoperatively it was diagnosed as an ordinary thrombus. The cause of thrombi found only in the IVC is reviewed and the indication for thrombectomy is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*