title: Growth of a Level III Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Within 1 Month.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: Michael.Froehner@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Froehner
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Heberling
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zastrow
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Marieta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toma
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Manfred P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Wirth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior