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Renal vein thrombosis can clinically mimic renal cell carcinoma with an inferior vena cava tumor thrombus, leading to misdiagnosis and unnecessary radical nephrectomy.
Renal vein thrombosis can mimic renal cell carcinoma with an inferior vena cava tumor thrombus, potentially leading to unnecessary radical nephrectomy.
Consider renal vein thrombosis in suspected RCC with IVC thrombus to avoid unnecessary nephrectomy; single case leaves open need for broader validation.
A 69-year-old man was diagnosed with a right renal carcinoma with a tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava, and underwent a radical nephrectomy. The entire specimen was examined by step-wise sectioning and found to be a thrombus with extensive hemosiderin deposits and recanalization which contained no malignant cells.
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Takayama et al. (1998) studied this question. Renal vein thrombosis can clinically mimic renal cell carcinoma with an inferior vena cava tumor thrombus, leading to misdiagnosis and unnecessary radical nephrectomy.
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