Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Associated With Renal Angiomyolipoma in a Jehovah's Witness Patient.

Urology

Department of Urology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address:

Published: October 2021

We present a case of a young premenopausal female patient who was found to have a left-sided renal mass consistent with angiomyolipoma (AML) with Mayo Level IIIa vena caval tumor thrombus. The patient is of Jehovah's witness faith and would not accept blood transfusion. The following case report discusses workup and treatment for AML with tumor thrombus extension, as well as pre-operative optimization and intra-operative techniques during nephrectomy and thrombectomy to minimize blood loss in a patient unaccepting of blood transfusion.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2021.08.005DOI Listing

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