DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Abdominal radical nephrectomy
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC, also known as hypernephroma) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, the very small tubes in the kidney that filter the blood and remove waste products. RCC is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults, responsible for approximately 80% of cases. It is also known to be the most lethal of all the genitourinary tumors. Initial treatment is most commonly a radical or partial nephrectomy and remains the mainstay of curative treatment. Where the tumour is confined to the renal parenchyma, the 5-year survival rate is 60-70%, but this is lowered considerably where metastases have spread...
Abdominal radical nephrectomy - List of case studies
- Treatments
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and minerals) ASA AV nodal ablation Abdominal radical nephrectomy Ablation Ablation treatment (tricuspidal isthmus ...
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
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solid lesion with necrotic content in the left kidney, and radical nephrectomy with ipsilateral para-aortic lymph node dissection was ... ago when he complained of right flank discomfort . An abdominal ultrasound had revealed a left renal lesion . Subsequent ...
- Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney
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was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma and underwent left radical nephrectomy. The expert recommended either close observation every few ... flank discomfort in the spring of 2005 and was found on abdominal CT workup to have a solid lesion of the kidney , measuring 9x6.5 ...
- Renal Neoplasia of not yet Determined Nature
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lesion in the left kidney. Further investigation with abdominal CT demonstrated a nonhomogenous solid mass with dimensions of 4X2.7cm ... to carry out a lesion enucleoresection. Partial/ radical nephrectomy surgery was scheduled. ...