Renal, Renal Pelvis, and Ureter Cancer Flashcards
Renal, Renal Pelvis, and Ureter Cancer
BONUS:
Which kidney is lower in location than the other?
Right
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BONUS:
The renal axis runs parallel to the lateral margin of which muscle?
psoas
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What is the most common primary malignancy of the kidney?
RCC
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Gender predisposition of RCC?
males
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Median age of RCC diagnosis?
65
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RCC.
What are the most implicated risk factors?
- occupational (tirchloroethylene and others, asbsetos, cadmium, dry-cleaning solvents, gasoline, petroleum
- environmental (thorium dioxide)
- hormonal (DES)
- dietary (fried meats)
- cigaretter smoking
- obesity, diabetes, hepatitis, hypertension
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RCC.
inhertied syndromes related to RCC?
-von Hippel-Lindau
(VHL) disease
-hereditary papillary renal cancer (HPRC)
-hereditary
leiomyomatosis renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC)
-Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD)
syndrome
-constitutional chromosome 3 translocation
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What is the most important risk factor for the development of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary tract?
smoking
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What genetic condition is associated with the development of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary tract?
Lynch syndrome
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Patients with Lynch
syndrome, an autosomal dominant genetic condition because of inherited
mutations that impair DNA mismatch repair, have an increased risk of
developing urinary tract cancer
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Ureteral tumors tend to occur in the ____ third of the ureter.
distal
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RCC
Classic triad of symptoms is a rare finding in RCC and is often suggestive of advanced disease and poor prognosis.
What is the classic triad?
gross hematuria
palpable flank mass
pain
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What is the most frequent symptom in both RCC and renal pelvis/ureteral tumors?
hematuria
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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?
Tumor ≤7 cm in greatest dimension, limited to the kidney
T1
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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?
Tumor >7 cm in greatest dimension, limited to the kidney
T2
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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?
Tumor invades beyond Gerota fascia (including contiguous extension into the
ipsilateral adrenal gland)
T4
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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?
Tumor extends into the renal vein or its segmental branches, or tumor invades the
pelvicalyceal system or invades perirenal and/or renal sinus fat but not beyond
Gerota fascia
T3a
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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?
Tumor extends into the vena cava above the diaphragm
T3c
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RCC TNM Staging
What is the T-stage?
Tumor extends invades the wall of the vena cava
T3c