Extensive renal involvement by renal cell carcinoma.
Experience with the management of 3 cases of bilateral adenocarcinoma and 1 case of unilateral carcinoma in the solitary kidney is presented. Two patients died of metastases six and thirteen months postoperatively, while one is alive with metastases at fourteen months and another is alive without metastases at four months. The literature is reviewed, and the various treatments are discussed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011379:Prognosis