[Rectal hemorrhage as a first sign of renal cell adenocarcinoma].
Renal cell carcinoma accounts for 85% of all renal primary tumours, the remaining 15% tumours originating either in the renal pelvis or the renal capsule. Clinical signs and symptoms of renal adenocarcinoma can be classified in four groups: specifically urological signs and symptoms, unspecific general symptoms, paraneoplastic syndromes, and metastasis-derived symptoms. The classical triad consists of haematuria, pain and palpable abdominal mass; at present this triad appears in a minority of cases, and is usually a late finding. The number of cases diagnosed from unspecific signs and symptoms is increasingly larger. Routine use of ultrasound and CAT allows a higher number of diagnosis, which frequently occur in the less advanced stages. The present paper presents a case report of renal cell adenocarcinoma, diagnosed from an infrequent early symptom such as rectal bleeding.
Ramírez Fabián
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Departamento de Cirugía, Ginecología y Obstetricia, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza.
Vicente Aldea
M T
MT
Ambroj Navarro
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C
Rodríguez Bazalo
J M
JM
Ucar Terren
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A
Valdivia Uria
J G
JG
D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000150:complications*