Simultaneous thoracoscopic wedge resection of a solitary lung nodule and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for a renal mass.
Approximately 33% of patients with renal cell carcinoma will present with metastases. Patients have a reported 35% 5-year survival rate in instances in which nephrectomy and surgical resection of a solitary metastasis have been performed. Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy has become an increasingly viable option in the treatment of some renal cancers. We report a case in which a patient had a solitary lung nodule in the workup for a renal mass. This patient underwent combined thoracoscopic and laparoscopic resection of both the lung nodule and the renal mass in the same setting.
Nelson
Bradford A
BA
Department ofUrologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2765, USA.
Sprunger
Jason K
JK
Ninan
Matthew
M
Herrell
S Duke
SD
D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed