title: Successful resection of renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombi extending into the right atrium: a case report.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is often associated with an extension of tumor thrombi into the inferior vena cava (IVC) and occasionally up to the right atrium. RCC with IVC involvement has a relatively favorable prognosis when it is completely resected. We present a successfully resected case of RCC with tumor thrombi extending into the right atrium. We performed radical right nephrectomy with lymph node dissection and removed the tumor thrombi en bloc under total hepatic vascular exclusion with the veno-venous bypass between the IVC and the right atrium using an active centrifugal force pump. The patient has been in good condition for 3 years since surgery with no evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohwada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takeyoshi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011859:Radiography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology