Transitional cell carcinoma with metastases to spermatic vein and spermatic cord: PET/CT imaging.

Transitional cell carcinoma of the kidney with venous tumor thrombus is uncommon with only a limited number of cases published in the medical literature. The authors present a case of renal urothelial carcinoma with PET/CT imaging. PET, in addition to the demonstration of tumor thrombus in the left renal vein and inferior vena cava, showed a thrombosed left spermatic vein with metastases to the left spermatic cord and epidydimis.