title: Transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis with vena caval tumor thrombus.
abstract: We report a case of transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis with vena caval tumor thrombus. To our knowledge only 14 cases of transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis protruding into the vena cava have been reported. The literature regarding these cases is reviewed, and the differential diagnosis of this tumor from renal cell carcinoma is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hoshii
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naito
mesh_terms: D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*