title: [Level IV inferior vena cava tumor thrombus : A rare diagnosis in patients with renal cell carcinoma].
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma in combination with a supradiaphragmatic tumor thrombus is a rare tumor entity. Radical surgery including nephrectomy and thrombectomy is still considered standard treatment. The extent of the tumor thrombus should be preoperatively evaluated by MRI and TEE. An interdisciplinary team is important for surgery planning and realization. Despite the known risks of an operation, a longer overall survival is achieved.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland. luisa.hofer@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gasch
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hatiboglu
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Motsch
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Medizinische Onkologie, Nationales Zentrum für Tumorerkrankungen, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grüllich
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duensing
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hohenfellner
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D000070516:Intersectoral Collaboration; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017131:Thrombectomy; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Cardiopulmonary bypass; Echocardiography, transesophageal; Nephrectomy; Thrombectomy; Tumor thrombus