Continuous Aspiration Mechanical Thrombectomy for Tissue Diagnosis of Indeterminate Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus

Authors

Varun Singh, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Christopher Molloy, MD, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Geogy Vatakencherry, MD, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

10-11-2019

Comments

Presented at the 2019 Annual Symposium on Clinical Interventional Oncology

Abstract

Purpose

To illustrate the utility of a continuous aspiration mechanical thrombectomy catheter in the tissue-proven determination and retrieval of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava (IVC ) of a 61 year-old non-cirrhotic male with Hepatitis C on ledipasvir/sofosbuvir therapy and hepatic segment VIII lesion with right atrial invasion

Recommended Citation

Singh, Varun; Molloy, MD, Christopher; and Vatakencherry, MD, Geogy, "Continuous Aspiration Mechanical Thrombectomy for Tissue Diagnosis of Indeterminate Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus" (2019). Student Papers, Posters & Projects. Paper 47.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/student_papers/47

Language

English