title: Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Renal Cell Carcinoma Complicated by Renal Vein and Inferior Vena Cava Involvement.
abstract: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is caused by diverse pathologies, although it may occasionally result from concurrent renal efflux disturbances. We herein describe a case of AKI in a patient complicated by renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with renal vein and inferior vena cava (IVC) involvement. A neoplastic thrombus which disrupted the blood flow in the renal vein appeared to play a role in the rapid decline in the renal function. Such a scenario has rarely been mentioned in the previous literature describing the cases of RCC complicated by AKI. Concerns regarding the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for RCC are also discussed.
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Japan.
authors: Taro
authors: T
authors: Sugase
authors: Tetsu
authors: T
authors: Akimoto
authors: Taro
authors: T
authors: Kubo
authors: Toshimi
authors: T
authors: Imai
authors: Naoko
authors: N
authors: Otani-Takei
authors: Takuya
authors: T
authors: Miki
authors: Shin-Ichi
authors: S
authors: Takeda
authors: Akinori
authors: A
authors: Nukui
authors: Shigeaki
authors: S
authors: Muto
authors: Tatsuo
authors: T
authors: Morita
authors: Daisuke
authors: D
authors: Nagata
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*