Renal tumours Flashcards
What are the risk factors for renal cell carcinoma?
obesity
smoking
HTN
dialysis
What are the risk factors for transitional cell carcinoma?
smoking
aromatic amines
cyclophosphamide
what inheritable renal cell carcinoma is there?
VHL syndrome
what are the subtypes of renal cell carcinoma?
clear cell
papillary
chromophobe
collecting duct
what is the triad of renal cell carcinoma presentation?
haemtauria
loin mass
loin pain
what % of renal cell carcinoma is asymptomatic?
50%
what paraneoplastic features can occur with renal cell carcinoma?
EPO - polycytheaemia PTHrP - hypercalcaemia renin - HTN ACTH - cushings amyloidosis
what could be seen on CXR with renal cell carcinoma?
cannon ball mets
what staging is used for renal cell carcinoma?
Robsons staging
what is the management of renal cell carcinoma?
Radical nephrectomy
Consider partial if small tumour or 1 kidney
Temsirolimus (mTOR inhibitor)
-for poor prognosis
where is the most common locatoin for transitional cell carcinoma?
bladder
what is the presentation of transitional cell carcinoma?
Painless haematuria
Frequency, urgency, dysuria
Urinary tract obstruction
what is the management of transitional cell carcinoma?
Nephrouretectomy
what is another name of nephroblastoma?
Wilms tumour
what cells cause nephroblastoma?
Childhood tumour of primitive renal tubules and
mesenchymal cells