Right renal vein (Vena renalis dextra)
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Anatomy
Short (2–2.5 cm) in front of the renal artery, draining directly into the IVC; it drains the right kidney alone, since the right adrenal and gonadal veins enter the IVC directly.
Clinical notes
Renal cell carcinoma crawls within it as tumour thrombus extending to the right atrium, requiring extensive cardiopulmonary-bypass surgery; it receives no adrenal or gonadal tributaries, so its signature hazard is tumour-thrombus extension into the IVC.
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What is the role of the Right renal vein?
Short (2–2.5 cm) in front of the renal artery, draining directly into the IVC; it drains the right kidney alone, since the right adrenal and gonadal veins enter the IVC directly.
Why is the Right renal vein clinically important?
Renal cell carcinoma crawls within it as tumour thrombus extending to the right atrium, requiring extensive cardiopulmonary-bypass surgery; it receives no adrenal or gonadal tributaries, so its signature hazard is tumour-thrombus extension into the IVC.
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