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Retroaortic left renal vein in testicular cancer patient: potential staging and treatment pitfall.

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Moul, JW; Maggio, MI; Hardy, MR; Hartman, DS

Published in: J Urol

February 1992

A 20-year-old man was diagnosed with a left mixed germ cell testicular tumor and clinical staging with computerized tomography suggested left para-aortic subhilar retroperitoneal adenopathy. The patient received 4 cycles of cisplatin, vinblastine and bleomycin chemotherapy but the mass in the left renal hilus area remained unchanged. Subsequent retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy revealed the mass to be a retroaoritc left renal vein type 2. Further confusion occurred during followup in differentiating this anomaly from recurrent neoplasm necessitating evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging. Retroaortic left renal vein represents a potential imaging pitfall in testicular cancer that may facilitate suboptimal staging, treatment and followup.

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Author Judd Wendell Moul Urology

Published In

J Urol

DOI

10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37269-5

ISSN

0022-5347

Publication Date

February 1992

Volume

147

Issue

Start / End Page

454 / 456

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

Urology & Nephrology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Testicular Neoplasms
Retinal Vein
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Male
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Lymphatic Metastasis
Humans
Diagnostic Errors

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Moul, J. W., Maggio, M. I., Hardy, M. R., & Hartman, D. S. (1992). Retroaortic left renal vein in testicular cancer patient: potential staging and treatment pitfall. J Urol, 147(2), 454–456. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37269-5

Moul, J. W., M. I. Maggio, M. R. Hardy, and D. S. Hartman. “Retroaortic left renal vein in testicular cancer patient: potential staging and treatment pitfall.” J Urol 147, no. 2 (February 1992): 454–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37269-5.

Moul JW, Maggio MI, Hardy MR, Hartman DS. Retroaortic left renal vein in testicular cancer patient: potential staging and treatment pitfall. J Urol. 1992 Feb;147(2):454–6.

Moul, J. W., et al. “Retroaortic left renal vein in testicular cancer patient: potential staging and treatment pitfall.” J Urol, vol. 147, no. 2, Feb. 1992, pp. 454–56. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)37269-5.

Moul JW, Maggio MI, Hardy MR, Hartman DS. Retroaortic left renal vein in testicular cancer patient: potential staging and treatment pitfall. J Urol. 1992 Feb;147(2):454–456.