Successful management of inferior vena cava thrombus complicating advanced germ cell testicular tumor with temporary inferior vena cava filter

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 513-515

  Masui, Satoru ^a   Onishi, Takehisa ^a,b   Arima, Kiminobu ^a   Sugimura, Yoshiki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Inferior vena cava filter; Inferior vena cava thrombus; Testicular tumor

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TESTIS TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 22544447361     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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