Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy for Renal-Cell Carcinoma During Pregnancy

The incidence of renal-cell carcinoma (RCC) is low during pregnancy. There are different approaches for timing of surgery and treatment modalities for RCC in pregnant women in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first laparoscopic partial nephrectomy case in a pregnant woman.

Herein, we present a 34-year-old woman with a renal mass at her 14th gestational week. She was admitted to our clinic after a right renal mass was incidentally diagnosed during routine antenatal ultrasonography. MRI revealed a completely endophytic tumor of 6 × 6.5 × 6.5 cm, located in the upper half of the right kidney. We performed laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in our patient and the postoperative course was uneventful.

This is the first presented laparoscopic partial nephrectomy case in a pregnant patient. Nephron-sparing surgeries can be performed laparoscopically in appropriate sized renal tumors in suitable pregnant patients.