A 30-year-old male presents with pain on the right flank and hematuria. A CECT abdomen reveals a large 8 x 8 cm sized solid mass in the right kidney and 3 x 3 cm solid mass occupying the upper pole of the left kidney. The most appropriate surgical treatment for this pt is -
This male pt. with flank pain, hematuria and demonstration of a solid renal mass is having renal cell carcinoma (in clinical practice any solid renal mass is considered RCC until proved otherwise) For patients with bilateral RCCs, paial nephrectomy with an adequate parenchymal margin is the preferred approach for kidney with the smaller lesion. Paial nephrectomy or Nephron-sparing procedures are found to be equally effective on radical nephrectomy if the tumor size is less than 4 cms. Ref : Smith's Urology 17/e p336
Bilateral radical nephrectomy
Right radical nephrectomy and biopsy of the mass from opposite kidney.
Right radical nephrectomy and left paial nephrectomy
Right radical nephrectomy only.
Urology