[Should ipsilateral adrenalectomy be performed systematically during radical nephrectomy for renal cancer?].
The authors present a retrospective study of 46 patients with renal cell carcinoma treated by radical nephrectomy including ipsilateral adrenalectomy. CT scan showed a normal adrenal gland in all patients. Histology revealed the absence of adrenal metastasis in all patients. Ipsilateral adrenalectomy is not systematically required in radical nephrectomy.
Joual
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Service d'Urologie, CHU IBN ROCHD, Casablanca, Maroc.
Fekak
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Rabii
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Hafiani
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el Mrini
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Benjelloun
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies