title: Anesthetic management of renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena caval extension.
abstract: We present a case of a patient with renal cell carcinoma extending into the inferior vena cava. Preoperative diagnosis was facilitated by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), and inferior venacavography. Intraoperatively, monitoring with continuous TEE was used. Preparation was made for cardiopulmonary bypass but surgery was successfully completed using extracorporeal venous shunting. We discuss the important aspects of preoperative diagnosis and the intraoperative anesthetic management of this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Ngan Kee
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Low
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*