Hypernephroma with polycythaemia: a postoperative complication.
A case of acute renal failure following radical nephrectomy for hypernephroma in a 72-year-old man is presented. It is postulated that this was a direct result of vascular weakness from preoperation treatment of the overdistended vessels by repeated venepuncture over too short a period, with resultant loss of vascular tone.
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011086:Polycythemia; D011183:Postoperative Complications