title: Bilateral renal tumours: a hard surgical problem. Case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Urologia, Università Cattolica S. Cuore di Roma.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gulino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alcini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Destito
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sasso
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alcini
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014567:Urography