RAPID PROGRESSION OF TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA OF LEFT KIDNEY WITH THROMBOSIS OF VENA CAVA INFERIOR

Czech version

Authors: Barbora Látalová ¹; Michal Grepl ¹; Filip Čtvrtlík ²; Igor Hartmann ¹; Aleš Vidlář ¹
Authors‘ workplace: Urologická klinika, FN a LF UP Olomouc ¹; Radiologická klinika, FN a LF UP Olomouc ²
Published in: Ces Urol 2015; 19(1): 78-82
Category: Case report

Overview

A case reports describing a patient with transitional cell carcinoma associated with rapid progression and aggressive growth, associated with complicated by a rare tumor trombus in the inferior vena cava.

KEY WORDS:
Transitional cell carcinoma, tumor trombus, vena cava.

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