Double partial nephrectomy in a patient with two adenocarcinomas in a solitary kidney.
We present a 67 year-old female patient with two synchronous adenocarcinomas in a solitary kidney. She underwent thorough clinical and radiographic evaluation. Selective angiography proved to be the most reliable examination in preoperative diagnosis. Double partial nephrectomy was performed and the patient has normal renal function and no evidence of recurrence 27 months postoperatively. Partial nephrectomy in patients with one tumor in a solitary kidney is well documented, though we believe that partial nephrectomy can also be performed in selected cases with multifocal tumors.
Department of Urology, University of Athens Medical School, Laikon Hospital, Goudi, Greece. agiannop@atlas.uoa.gr
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Giannopoulos
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Kyriakou
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Constantinides
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Manousakas
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Kyroudi
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Dimopoulos
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*