Ozer Necla, Deniz Ali, Pişkinpaşa Serhan, Kiliçkap Sadettin, Kepez Alper, Hazirolan Tuncay, Atalar Enver, Ovünç Kenan, Aksöyek Serdar
Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 May;20(5):538.e7-8. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.11.011.
Tumoral invasion of inferior vena cava by renal cell carcinoma is reported to be relatively frequent. Usually the tumor grows intraluminally into the renal vein and inferior vena cava as an extension of primary tumor. In this report, we present an unusual case of venous system involvement, invasion of renal cell carcinoma into superior vena cava.
据报道,肾细胞癌侵犯下腔静脉相对常见。通常肿瘤以原发性肿瘤的延伸形式在管腔内生长至肾静脉和下腔静脉。在本报告中,我们呈现了一例不寻常的静脉系统受累病例,即肾细胞癌侵犯上腔静脉。