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.