Calcification of the Renal Vein and Inferior Vena Cava on a Renal Tumor: An Exceptional Case
- 1 Urology Department of Treichville University Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 2 Urology Department of Treichville University Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 3 Urology Department of Treichville University Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 4 Urology Department of Treichville University Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 5 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Treichville University Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 6 Urology Department of Treichville University Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- 7 Urology Department of Bouaké University Hospital, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
Abstract
Background: A thrombus of the inferior vena cava and renal vein makes the management of renal cancer more difficult. Aim: The aim is to highlight and discuss the management of a case of renal cancer with an unusual thrombus in our context. Case Presentation: We report the case of a 49-year-old female with left kidney cancer, complicated by a calcified thrombus of the renal vein and inferior vena cava. A calcification of renal vein and vena cava was discovered during surgery, even though the diagnosis prior to surgery was a renal tumor with partial thrombus of the IVC. We performed a thrombectomy and left nephrectomy. The post-operative course was marked by the death of the patient a month later. Conclusion: Renal vein and inferior vena cava (IVC) calcifications are uncommon. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult but guided by medical imaging. Renal cancer is one of the causes. A thrombus or calcification of the vena cava worsens the prognosis of cancer.
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