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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indographics 2023; 02(01): 13-19
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1769090
Review Article

Up, Up, and Above—Tumor Thrombus in RCC

Gopinath Periaswamy 
1   Department of Radiology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Navya Christopher 
1   Department of Radiology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Venkatesh Kasi Arunachalam 
1   Department of Radiology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Rupa Renganathan
1   Department of Radiology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Pankaj Mehta
1   Department of Radiology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Mathew Cherian 
1   Department of Radiology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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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.

Keywords

IVC tumor thrombus - RCC - tumor thrombus


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Article published online:
05 October 2023

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