title: Left kidney cancer grossly extending into left-sided inferior vena cava of duplicated inferior vena cava.
abstract: The left radical nephrectomy with tumor thrombectomy in the presence of a duplicated inferior vena cava is of high surgical risk because the venous tumor thrombus renders the anomalous venous structures dilated and tortuous, making injury more likely. We present a case of a left kidney cancer grossly extending into the left side of a duplicated inferior vena cava. What is more important is to bring such an aberrant vascular anatomy with tumor thrombus to the attention of urologists with high-resolution pictorial illustrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic China.
authors.forename: Linhui
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Mingmin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhenjie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jiatao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yinghao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D017131:Thrombectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*