Urologie pro praxi 2/2016

Bilateral synchronous renal cell carcinoma with a different histological finding

A case is reported of a man (born 1949) with a finding of bilateral synchronous renal cell carcinoma who initially underwent resection of left renal carcinoma and, subsequently, nephrectomy of the contralateral kidney for an extensive tumour. Histological examination revealed different types of renal carcinoma.

Keywords: bilateral renal cell carcinoma, kidney resection, nephrectomy, papillary renal cell carcinoma, conventional renal cell carcinoma.