Five Cases of Duplication of the Inferior Vena Cava Accidentally Found During the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

Mizuno, Shinichi; Ota, Hirotoshi; Hori, Masaharu; Seki, Makoto; Ueno, Masashi; Shimizu, Eiji; Yamaguchi, Yosuke; Nishi, Mitsumasa; Ohashi, Kazuhiko

doi:10.3919/ringe1963.54.1516

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“…There are no reports of colorectal cancer with DIVC in English literature. In Japan, Mizuno [ 5 ] reported five cases of colorectal cancer with DIVC, and our case is the first report of laparoscopic resection for this condition.…”

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A case of laparoscopic anterior resection for rectal cancer with duplication of the inferior vena cava using preoperative 3D computed tomography angiography

Furutani

Yoshida

Nishi

et al. 2020

Journal of Surgical Case Reports

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We report the case of a patient with duplication of the inferior vena cava (DIVC) who underwent anterior laparoscopic resection for rectal cancer. A 66-year-old woman presented with abnormal lung shadows on a chest x-ray during a routine health checkup. She was diagnosed with rectal cancer and lung metastasis using colonoscopy and thoracoabdominal computed tomography (CT). In addition, a 3D CT angiography revealed double inferior vena cava, one on either side of the aorta. The preoperative diagnosis was rectal cancer cT3N0M1a(Lung) cStage IVA with DIVC, and a two-stage surgery was planned. The first stage was high anterior laparoscopic resection. This was safely performed because the pre-hypogastric nerve fascia was preserved and the left inferior vena cava was not visualized during the surgery. During the second stage of the surgery, video-assisted thoracoscopic left lower lobectomy was performed and no recurrence was observed for >6 months after the second surgery.

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