Journal article
Metastatic testicular tumor requiring inferior vena cava resection
Abstract
A patient undergoing radical retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for metastatic embryonal cell testicular carcinoma is presented. Tumor resection required removal of the inferior vena cava due to transmural invasion. The inferior vena cava was replaced using externally stented polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft. Patency was documented by postoperative Doppler studies, duplex scanning, and computed tomographic scanning. Stented PTFE is currently …
Authors
Mullen JC; Lemermeyer G; Tittley J; Ameli EM; Lossing AG; Jewett MAS
Journal
Urology, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 263–265
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 1996
DOI
10.1016/s0090-4295(99)80432-4
ISSN
0090-4295