Table 1 Demographic data and disease factors in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma and retrohepatic caval thrombus
Variable | Number of patients | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
M | 14 | 70 |
F | 6 | 30 |
Age in years | ||
Mean | 56 | |
Range | 35–73 | |
Symptoms | ||
Hematuria | 15 | |
Weight loss | 9 | |
Flank pain | 6 | |
Prior pulmonary embolism (PE) | 4 | |
Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) below renal veins | 6 | |
Localization of tumor | ||
Left kidney | 2 | |
Right kidney | 14 | |
Left lobe of liver | 1 | |
Size of tumor within kidney | ||
Mean | 13.4 | |
Range | 6.7–16.9 | |
Thrombus level within inferior vena cava (IVC) | Retrohepatic | 100 |
Distant metastases | 6 | |
Lymph node involvement | 17 | |
IVC wall infiltration | 6 | |
Accompany diseases | ||
Chronic heart disease | 7 | |
Diabetes | 4 | |
Hypertension | 6 |