title: Laparoscopic nephrectomy for the management of renal medullary carcinoma in a child.
abstract: Renal medullary carcinoma is a lethal subtype of renal cancer that afflicts patients with sickle-cell hemoglobinopathies. Here we present the case of a 13-year-old boy with renal medullary carcinoma who is the first, to our knowledge, to be managed using a planned laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 3400 Bainbridge Avenue, 5th floor, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. pmilhoua@montefiore.org
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Milhoua
authors.forename: Philip T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Koi
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hakimi
authors.forename: Maomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghavamian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed