[Inferior vena cava syndrome as first manifestation of a non-functioning adrenal carcinoma (author's transl)]. / Síndrome de vena cava inferior como primera manifestación de un carcinoma suprarrenal no functionante.

A case is studied of a non-functioning right adrenal carcinoma which is initiated clinically by a compressive syndrome of the inferior vena cava, without other clinical manifestations to suggest the origin of the tumor. The clinical findings are discussed as well as the roentgenographic images, the computerized axial tomography and surgery, which was followed by the death of the patient, with considerations concerning the possible mechanisms that might explain the death. A bibliographic review is conducted on the most outstanding aspect of non-functioning adrenal tumors and the rarity with which they present themselves in this form, of which we have found only one previous report.