Clinical analysis of incidentally found renal cell carcinomas.
We reviewed 74 patients with incidentally found renal cell carcinomas (20%) out of 366 patients treated in affiliated hospitals over the past 14 years. The annual rate of the incidentally found carcinomas has increased up to 40% of the total. CT scan and/or ultrasonotomography were used in the first diagnosis in 76% of these 74 patients. The prognosis for the incidental group was more favorable than that of the classical symptom group, since the former group consisted of patients with smaller-sized carcinomas which usually tend to be confined to the kidney.
Tsukamoto
T
T
Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
Kumamoto
Y
Y
Yamazaki
K
K
Miyao
N
N
Takahashi
A
A
Masumori
N
N
Satoh
M
M
D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate
D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase