Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma invading liver, duodenum and ivc, surgical treatment and literature review. A case report

Renal Cell Carcinoma has a biologic predisposition for direct vascular invasion: intravascular tumor
thrombus is found in 5% to 20% of the cases inside the renal vein or the inferior vena cava. Despite
new and effective conservative therapy such as targeted therapy and immunotherapy, cytoreductive
nephrectomy and palliative nephrectomy continues to have an important role in T4 patient. The
patient selection for cytoreductive nephrectomy should be done carefully.
This report present an unique case of metastatic RCC with invasion of the duodenum, liver and

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