Froehner Michael, Heberling Ulrike, Zastrow Stefan, Toma Marieta, Wirth Manfred P
Department of Urology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Department of Urology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Urology. 2016 Apr;90:e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2015.12.043. Epub 2016 Jan 6.
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.