title: Case from the aerospace medicine residents' teaching file. Case #35. Renal cell carcinoma in an aviator with a long history of renal lithiasis.
abstract: This case study discusses the presentation, evaluation, and aeromedical disposition of an aviator with renal cell carcinoma, a disease seldom seen in the military flying population. It emphasizes the necessity of flight surgeon awareness of preventive medicine aspects of waivered medical disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Drehner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation