Ex Vivo Partial Nephrectomy and Partial Kidney Autotransplantation for Renal Pelvic Carcinoma in a Functionally Solitary Kidney: Case Report
Open Access
- 1 July 1997
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Urology
- Vol. 4 (4), 425-427
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2042.1997.tb00221.x
Abstract
A 46‐year‐old Japanese man was diagnosed with a left renal pelvic carcinoma and a contralateral hypoplastic kidney. The tumor was adjacent to the renal pelvis and was considered too difficult to completely resect in situ. The patient was treated by ex vivo partial nephrectomy of the left kidney followed by autotransplantation of the remaining renal segment. A pathologic evaluation revealed a transitional cell carcinoma, G2, pT3. Graft function recovered satisfactorily postautotransplantation and no significant complications developed during the postoperative period. The patient is alive and doing well 12 months postoperatively with no evidence of tumor recurrence.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Kidney Preserving Surgery in Renal Cell Tumors: Indications, Techniques and Results in 152 PatientsJournal of Urology, 1993
- Percutaneous Management of Renal Pelvic Tumors: A Treatment Option in Selected CasesJournal of Urology, 1987
- Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of upper-tract urothelial tumors. A preliminary reportCancer, 1985
- Feasibility of Conservative Surgery for Transitional Cell Cancer of the Upper Urinary TractUrologic Clinics of North America, 1984