title: [Accidental diagnosis of cancer of the renal parenchyma in adults].
abstract: We have reviewed the files of 145 patients who had presented with cancer of the renal parenchyma between March, 1985, and May, 1990. In 30.4% of cases, these cancers were discovered incidentally, ie. before the occurrence of any suggestive symptoms. In 66.7% of cases, the credit for this early detection was due to the ultrasound study prescribed by the attending physician within a general health assessment or the follow-up of some other disease. The early diagnosis allowed treating cancers at a less advanced stage, with a significant difference (p less than 0.05), which will probably improve their prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie B, Hôpital Necker, Paris.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chretien
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dufour
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001416:Back Pain / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014567:Urography
vernacular_title: Le diagnostic fortuit des cancers du parenchyme rénal de l'adulte.