Growth of a Level III Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Within 1 Month

Michael Froehner; Ulrike Heberling; Stefan Zastrow; Marieta Toma; Manfred P Wirth

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2015.12.043

Growth of a Level III Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Within 1 Month

Urology. 2016 Apr:90:e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2015.12.043. Epub 2016 Jan 6.

Authors

Michael Froehner¹, Ulrike Heberling², Stefan Zastrow², Marieta Toma³, Manfred P Wirth²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: Michael.Froehner@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
² Department of Urology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
³ Department of Pathology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

PMID: 26772645
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2015.12.043

Abstract

We describe a patient with rapid growth of a vena cava tumor thrombus from level I-II to level III within 1 month. This case illustrates that once the diagnosis of vena cava involvement is established in renal cell carcinoma, surgery should not be delayed without urgent reasons.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Renal Cell / secondary*
Female
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / pathology*
Time Factors
Vena Cava, Inferior*