Mootha R K, Butler R, Laucirica R, Scardino P T, Lerner S P
Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
Urology. 1999 Sep;54(3):561. doi: 10.1016/s0090-4295(99)00136-3.
Extension of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) along venous drainage pathways is a well-recognized entity. All previously reported cases of inferior vena cava (IVC) involvement by RCC have been with tumor thrombus in the suprarenal IVC. We report a 45-year-old man who had RCC arising from the lower pole of the right kidney with a tumor thrombus totally occluding the infrarenal IVC. The patient underwent radical nephrectomy with successful ligation and resection of the infrarenal IVC.
