Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Intravascular tumor thrombosis is most commonly encountered in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which alters the staging and prognosis of malignancies, indicating an advanced stage of malignancy, which can be surgically challenging during treatment course. Imaging plays a vital role in the detection of tumor thrombus and in differentiating it from bland thrombus. The Mayo Clinic thrombus classification is widely used to describe levels of inferior vena cava tumor thrombus (IVC-TT) in patients with locally advanced RCC. In this article, we review the classification, guidelines, and recent diagnostic tools for RCC with IVC tumor thrombi, and mention about the various surgical approaches for each stage of tumor thrombi.
Source: Indographics
Authors: Gopinath Periaswamy, Navya Christopher, Venkatesh Kasi Arunachalam, Rupa Renganathan, Pankaj Mehta, Mathew Cherian
Institution: Kovai Medical Center and Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4387413803