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• TITLE: Calcification of the Renal Vein and Inferior Vena Cava on a Renal Tumor: An Exceptional Case

  AUTHORS: Noël Coulibaly, Evrard Yao, Fatoumata Ouattara-Cissé, Tawakaltu Bolasade Adebayo, Servais Sai, Lamine Bamba, Koffi Djè

  KEYWORDS: Renal Cell Carcinoma, Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus, Thrombectomy

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Urology, Vol.11 No.11, November 23, 2021

  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.