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Descending Tumor Thrombus from Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastases with SVC Syndrome

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We describe a case of renal cell carcinoma metastases to the thyroid gland invading local veins and extending to the neck veins causing superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Brian D. Davison, Leena Mammen & Christoph A. Binkert

  2. Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Jerome Ritchie

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Davison, B.D., Mammen, L., Ritchie, J. et al. Descending Tumor Thrombus from Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastases with SVC Syndrome. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 29, 687–690 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-003-0248-x

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