[Accidental diagnosis of cancer of the renal parenchyma in adults].
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.
Rousseau
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Service d'Urologie B, Hôpital Necker, Paris.
Chretien
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Dufour
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B
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
Le diagnostic fortuit des cancers du parenchyme rénal de l'adulte.