[Kidney cancer diagnosis].
Currently, kidney cancer is in most cases fortuitously diagnosed by ultrasound or abdominal computed tomography, performed for non-specific clinical signs. The late-developing clinical signs are suggestive of an advanced tumour stage. Abdominal computed tomography is the key examination; it enables to establish the diagnosis and assess tumour extension. Performing a tumour biopsy is useful in patients with small tumours, when diagnostic certainty is required or when metastases or a lymphoma are suspected.
Long
Jean-Alexandre
JA
Service d'urologie et de la transplantation rénale, CHU Michallon, 38043 Grenoble 9. JALong@chu-grenoble.fr
Descotes
Jean-Luc
JL
Rambeaud
Jean-Jacques
JJ
D001706:Biopsy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008403:Mass Screening; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis