title: Transitional cell carcinoma with metastases to spermatic vein and spermatic cord: PET/CT imaging.
abstract: Transitional cell carcinoma of the kidney with venous tumor thrombus is uncommon with only a limited number of cases published in the medical literature. The authors present a case of renal urothelial carcinoma with PET/CT imaging. PET, in addition to the demonstration of tumor thrombus in the left renal vein and inferior vena cava, showed a thrombosed left spermatic vein with metastases to the left spermatic cord and epidydimis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259, USA. nguyen.ba@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Ba D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Roarke
authors.forename: Panol C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ram
mesh_terms: D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D013085:Spermatic Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology