INFERIOR VENA-CAVAL TUMOR THROMBUS FROM RENAL ANGIOMYOLIPOMA - A CASE-REPORT

Citation
K. Kawahito et al., INFERIOR VENA-CAVAL TUMOR THROMBUS FROM RENAL ANGIOMYOLIPOMA - A CASE-REPORT, Vascular surgery, 28(3), 1994, pp. 213-217
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
ISSN journal
00422835
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
213 - 217
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-2835(1994)28:3<213:IVTTFR>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The authors report a case of bilateral renal angiomyolipoma with tumor thrombus from the right kidney extending to the inferior vena cava. R ight nephrectomy and total thrombectomy were performed. Vena caval tum or thrombus rarely occurs in patients with angiomyolipomas. To their k nowledge, only 6 cases have been reported in the literature.