Ham S J, Schraffordt Koops H, Sleijfer D T, Freling N M, Molenaar W M
Department of Surgical Oncology, Groningen University Hospital, The Netherlands.
Neth J Surg. 1991 Aug;43(4):133-4.
The case history is reported of a patient with an invasion of the inferior vena cava by metastases of a non-seminomatous testicular tumour. He was treated with combination chemotherapy, followed by laparotomy and resection of residual tumour tissue. Fourteen months after this operation he is in good health. For every retroperitoneal lymph node dissection it is necessary to be on the look-out for invasion of the vena cava, because of the risk of a sudden pulmonary embolism.
