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Case Reports
. 2005 Jan;78(925):65-7.
doi: 10.1259/bjr/68967544.

Case report. Renal cell carcinoma vertebral body metastasis extending into the azygos venous system causing superior vena cava obstruction

M Strugnell  1 , M Gibson, R Hopkins, I Lyburn, G McGann
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Case report. Renal cell carcinoma vertebral body metastasis extending into the azygos venous system causing superior vena cava obstruction

M Strugnell et al. Br J Radiol. 2005 Jan.

Abstract

We describe a case of superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction caused by extension of tumour thrombus from a vertebral body metastasis through the azygos system to the SVC. The primary tumour was a renal cell carcinoma.

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