title: Hepatic dysfunction in renal carcinoma.
abstract: In a retrospective review of 81 patients with renal carcinoma 34 (42%) had abnormalities of one or more liver function tests. Fifteen patients (18.5%) had abnormalities of 3 or more liver function tests but without evidence of hepatic metastases. There was a significant association between these patients and the presence of fever, anaemia, weight loss and a raised ESR (P less than 0.001) compared with those whose liver function was normal. Following nephrectomy, liver function returned to normal in 5 patients. Median survival in these patients was 35 months, whilst in those whose liver function remained abnormal the median survival was 8 months (P less than 0.01).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies