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Renal Cell Carcinoma

 Syn. RCC , Nephroid Carcinoma , Renal cell adenocarcinoma

Signs & Symptoms

 Flank pain
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma] Harrison [ 617] Cecil [ 604]
Right Flank pain
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma] Harrison [ 617] Cecil [ 604]
Left Flank pain
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma] Harrison [ 617] Cecil [ 604]
Kidney mass increasing in size
Ref: Cecil [ 604]

Physical Examination

 Palpable abdominal mass
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma] Harrison [ 617] Cecil [ 604]
Weight loss
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma]
Cachexia
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma]

Lab / Serology

 Anemia
Note: Anemia of chronic disease
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma] Harrison [ 617]
Erythrocytosis
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma] Harrison [ 617]
Hepatic dysfunction
Note: Inferior vena cava involvement
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma]

Imagin Study

 Ascites
Note: Inferior vena cava involvement
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma]

Complication

 Acquired dysfibrinogenemia
Ref: Harrison [ 617]
Nonmetastatic hepatic dysfunction
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma] Cecil [ 617]
Paraneoplastic syndromes
Ref: Uptodate [ Clinical manifestations, evaluation, and staging of renal cell carcinoma] Harrison [ 617]

Risk Factors

 Male
Ref: Cecil [ 0]
Polycystic kidney disease
Ref: Cecil [ 604]
Phenacetin
Ref: Uptodate [ Epidemiology, pathology, and pathogenesis of renal cell carcinoma]

Cause

Other