title: [Malignant adrenocortical tumour with inferior vena cava invasion].
abstract: Carcinoma of the adrenal cortex is a rare tumour. The incidence of vena cava involvement may be present in 15 to 20% of patients. The intra caval tumour thrombus can attain the right atrium. Even if some authors consider these lesions as a metastasis, long-term survival can be obtained after radical resection. The surgical tactical depend on the extension of thrombus into the vena cava inferior. The authors report a case with 4 years survival without recurrence after surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie viscérale C, centre hospitalier universitaire Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc. o.alaoui@wanadoo.net.ma <o.alaoui@wanadoo.net.ma>
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Alaoui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ehirchiou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahallat
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sabbah
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mahassini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tounsi
mesh_terms: D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*