title: Case report. Renal cell carcinoma vertebral body metastasis extending into the azygos venous system causing superior vena cava obstruction.
abstract: We describe a case of superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction caused by extension of tumour thrombus from a vertebral body metastasis through the azygos system to the SVC. The primary tumour was a renal cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Cheltenham General Hospital, Sanford Road, Cheltenham GL53 7AN, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strugnell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lyburn
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McGann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods