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ARTICLES RELATED TO Renal cell carcinoma - Signs and symptoms | | | |  Renal cell carcinoma - Signs and symptoms: Encyclopedia II - Renal cell carcinoma - Signs and symptomsThe classic triad is hematuria (blood in the urine), flank pain and an abdominal mass. This "classic triad" is infrequently present when the patient first presents for medical attention.
Other signs may include:
Abnormal urine color (dark, rusty, or brown) due to blood in the urine
Weight loss of more than 5% of body weight with emaciated, thin, malnourished appearance
More and more frequently, renal cell carcinoma is identified as an incidental finding on a medical imaging study of the abdomen (e.g. com ...
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| | | | Renal cell carcinoma - Signs and symptoms: Encyclopedia II - Renal cell carcinoma - Prognosis The outcome varies depending on the size of the tumor, whether it is confined to the kidney or not, and the presence or absence of metastatic spread. The Furhman grading, which measures the aggressiveness of the tumor, may also affect survival, though the data is not as strong to support this.
The five-year survival rate is around 90-95% for tumors less than 4 cm. For larger tumors confined to the kidney without venous invasion, survival is still relatively good at 80-85%. For tumors that extend through the renal capsule and out of th ...
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| | | | Renal cell carcinoma - Signs and symptoms: Encyclopedia II - Renal cell carcinoma - Treatment If it is only in the kidneys, which is about 40% of cases, it can be cured roughly 90% of the time with surgery. If it has spread outside of the kidneys, often into the lymph nodes or the main vein of the kidney, then it must be treated with chemotherapy and other treatments.
Renal cell carcinoma - Surgery.
Surgical removal of all or part of the kidney (nephrectomy) is recommended. This may include removal of the adrenal gland, retroperitoneal lymph nodes, and possibly tissues involved by direct extension ...
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| | | | Renal cell carcinoma - Signs and symptoms: Encyclopedia II - Renal cell carcinoma - Pathology Gross examination shows a hypervascular lesion in the renal cortex, which is frequently multilobulated, yellow (because of the lipid accumulation) and calcified.
Light microscopy shows tumor cells forming cords, papillae, tubules or nests, and are atypical, polygonal and large. Because these cells accumulate glycogen and lipids, their cytoplasm appear "clear", lipid-laden, the nuclei remain in the middle of the cells, and the cellular membrane is evident. Some cells may be smaller, with eosinophilic cytoplasm, resembling normal tubula ...
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| | | | Renal cell carcinoma - Signs and symptoms: Encyclopedia II - Renal cell carcinoma - Causes Renal cell carcinoma affects about three in 10,000 people, resulting in about 31,000 new cases in the US per year. Every year, about 12,000 people in the US die from renal cell carcinoma. It is more common in men than women, usually affecting men older than 55.
Why the cells become cancerous is not known. A history of smoking greatly increases the risk for developing renal cell carcinoma. Some people may also have inherited an increased risk to develop renal cell carcinoma, and a fami ...
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| | | | Renal cell carcinoma - Signs and symptoms: Encyclopedia II - Renal cell carcinoma - Radiology The characteristic appearance of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a solid renal lesion which disturbs the renal contour. It will frequently have an irregular or lobulated margin. 85% of solid renal masses will be RCC. 10% of RCC will contain calcifications, and some contain macroscopic fat (likely due to invasion and encasement of the perirenal fat). Following intravenous contrast administration (computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging), enhancement will be noted, and will increase the conspicuity ...
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