Carcinoma de células renais com invas？o da veia cava inferior: a propósito de um caso clínico

renal cell carcinoma (rcc) is a tumor with propensity for extending into the venous system as tumor thrombus. it is the malignant tumor most frequently associated with inferior vena cava (ivc) thrombosis. the symptoms are often nonspecific until an advanced stage of the disease, with the classic triad of flank pain, haematuria and palpable abdominal mass found at presentation in only 6-10% of all cases, thus the increasing role of noninvasive imaging in the diagnostic and staging of this tumor. in the presence of a tumor thrombus, the curative treatment relies on surgery, which consists of the ressection of the kidney and the thrombus. this technique has its particularities according to the cephalic level achieved by the thrombus in the ivc.