title: Clinical analysis of incidentally found renal cell carcinomas.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kumamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masumori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satoh
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase