Laparoscopic nephrectomy for the management of renal medullary carcinoma in a child.
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.
Milhoua
Paul M
PM
Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 3400 Bainbridge Avenue, 5th floor, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. pmilhoua@montefiore.org
Koi
Philip T
PT
Hakimi
A A
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Li
Maomi
M
Ghavamian
Reza
R
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