TY - JOUR
T1 - Adrenal Metastasis With Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Through Adrenal Vein
AU - Rosenblatt, Gregory S.
AU - Takesita, Ken
AU - Fuchs, Gerhard J.
AU - Colquhoun, Steven D.
AU - Ng, Christopher S.
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - A 69-year-old woman was evaluated for anemia. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a large right renal mass. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 12-cm renal mass and a separate 7.5-cm ipsilateral adrenal mass, with a tumor thrombus extending through the adrenal vein and into the inferior vena cava. Right radical nephrectomy/adrenalectomy with caval tumor thrombectomy was performed, and both lesions were diagnosed as renal cell carcinoma. We report on an unusual case of a large renal cell carcinoma with metastasis to the adrenal gland and vena caval extension by way of the adrenal venous system, without renal vein thrombus.
AB - A 69-year-old woman was evaluated for anemia. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a large right renal mass. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 12-cm renal mass and a separate 7.5-cm ipsilateral adrenal mass, with a tumor thrombus extending through the adrenal vein and into the inferior vena cava. Right radical nephrectomy/adrenalectomy with caval tumor thrombectomy was performed, and both lesions were diagnosed as renal cell carcinoma. We report on an unusual case of a large renal cell carcinoma with metastasis to the adrenal gland and vena caval extension by way of the adrenal venous system, without renal vein thrombus.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.urology.2009.02.055
DO - 10.1016/j.urology.2009.02.055
M3 - Article
C2 - 19501878
AN - SCOPUS:67651092105
SN - 0090-4295
VL - 74
SP - 290
EP - 291
JO - Urology
JF - Urology
IS - 2
ER -