Bilateral renal adenocarcinoma.
In a case of bilateral renal adenocarcinoma, simultaneous removal of one kidney and partial nephrectomy on the other side proved to be successful. A review of the literature revealed that the method can be recommended as the 5-year survival rate reaches 77.8%, while nonsurgical treatment and asynchronous surgery have a poor outcome. Other surgical methods, such as bilateral nephrectomy and kidney transplantation, or bench-surgery are less feasible. Whether two primary tumors are present or one tumor with a solitary metastasis in the other kidney remains as yet unsolved.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis