Author(s)

MT Coulibaly^1*, I. Sissoko¹, A. Berthé², Issa Amadou³, B. Traore⁴, M. Ly⁵, Z. Ouattara¹

¹Urology Department of CHU Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali.
²Urology Department of CHU Point G, Bamako, Mali.
³Pediatric Surgeon of CHU Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali.
⁴Urology Department of CSREF Commune II, Bamako, Mali.
⁵Medical Oncologist of CHU Luxembourg, Bamako, Mali.

Objective: to report our experience in the management of adult kidney cancer. Patients and Methods: This was a prospective and descriptive study, carried out in the Urology Department of Gabriel Touré University Hospital, during the period from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2017 for a period of six years, interesting all the medical records of 24 adult patients diagnosed with kidney cancer. Results: During the study period, 24 patients met our inclusion criteria; the mean age was 48.23 ± 8.02 years with extreme ranging from 17 to 82 years. Most of our patients were female (58.3%), and were referred or consulted for lumbar mass in 66.7% of cases. The average tumor size was 13.6 ± 5.8 cm with extremes of 7.8 to 21.1 cm. Management included total nephrectomy in 50% and total nephrectomy expanded in 50% of cases. The histological type found was renal cell carcinoma in 23 patients and papillary carcinoma in one patient. Conclusion: Kidney cancer is rare in our context, its clinical and histological characteristics remain the same for two decades. Its management is largely based on enlarged total nephrectomy.

Kidney Cancer, Adult, Nephrectomy, Mali

Coulibaly, M. , Sissoko, I. , Berthé, A. , Amadou, I. , Traore, B. , Ly, M. and Ouattara, Z. (2018) Management of Kidney Cancers in Urology Department of the Gabriel Toure University Hospital/Bamako. Surgical Science, 9, 183-188. doi: 10.4236/ss.2018.96021.