title: A plea for conservation of kidney in renal adenocarcinoma associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease.
abstract: We report 3 cases of bilateral renal cell carcinoma associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease. Treatment consisted of local excision or simply shelling out of the lesion from the surrounding tissue. The 3 patients are free of disease (followup 6 to 36 months). Although multifocal the lesions are removed easily; thus, normal renal function is preserved and patients are spared the morbidity and mortality associated with hemodialysis or transplantation.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*