Bilateral renal tumours: a hard surgical problem. Case report

Arch Ital Urol Androl. 1995 Sep;67(4):273-7.

Abstract

Three cases of bilateral renal tumours are reported. A radical nephrectomy in the side with the larger tumour and a nephron-sparing surgery (partial nephrectomy or enucleo-resection) in kidney with smaller lesions was performed in two cases. A bilateral partial nephrectomy was performed in the last patient (tumours larger than 5 cm). Two of them performed a needle CT-guided biopsy before surgery, but full disagreement was found between pre and post-operative histological results. In addition, we outline that a second lesion was found intraoperatively in the case n. 3, without any radiological and sonographic finding. We stress the importance of a conservative surgery in case of bilateral neoplasms. Only surgery could assure a careful staging and histological diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma / pathology
  • Carcinoma / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Urography