title: Renal cell carcinoma with an infrarenal vena caval tumor thrombus.
abstract: Extension of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) along venous drainage pathways is a well-recognized entity. All previously reported cases of inferior vena cava (IVC) involvement by RCC have been with tumor thrombus in the suprarenal IVC. We report a 45-year-old man who had RCC arising from the lower pole of the right kidney with a tumor thrombus totally occluding the infrarenal IVC. The patient underwent radical nephrectomy with successful ligation and resection of the infrarenal IVC.
authors.affiliation: Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Mootha
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laucirica
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Scardino
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Lerner
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior