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HIGH YIELD V (RENAL TUMORS) Flashcards

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renal tumor examples?

A

renal cell carcinoma

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renal cell carcinoma occurs in what population of people?

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older individuals; M>F

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RFs?

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cigarette smoking
obesity
HTN
most cases are sporadic
-von hippel Lindau syndrome
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renal cell carcinoma arises from?

what are the 3 major types?
macroscopically, this can indicate?

A

tubular epithelial cells (not glomeruli)

clear cell carcinoma (70-80%)
papillary carcinoma (10-15%)
chromophobe renal carcinoma (5%)

tendency to invade renal vein

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whats the clinical course of renal cell carcinoma?

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costovertebral pain, palpable mass
symptoms develop unrelated to kidney
45% 5 year survival and up to 70% in the absence of metastasis

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