摘要
<strong>Background:</strong> A thrombus of the inferior vena cava and renal vein makes the management of renal cancer more difficult. <strong>Aim:</strong> The aim is to highlight and discuss the management of a case of renal cancer with an unusual thrombus in our context. <strong>Case Presentation:</strong> 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. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>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.
<strong>Background:</strong> A thrombus of the inferior vena cava and renal vein makes the management of renal cancer more difficult. <strong>Aim:</strong> The aim is to highlight and discuss the management of a case of renal cancer with an unusual thrombus in our context. <strong>Case Presentation:</strong> 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. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>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.
