title: Primary renal carcinoid tumor managed with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
abstract: Primary renal carcinoid is a rare tumor, with only 39 cases reported. These tumors have historically been managed with either open partial nephrectomy or open radical nephrectomy. We describe a patient with a primary renal carcinoid tumor successfully treated with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. To our knowledge, this is the first such case reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2765, USA. will.lowrance@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Lowrance
authors.forename: Sam S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: S Duke
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Herrell
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012074:Remission Induction