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Renal Cell Carcinoma AKA:

Hypernephroma
Main symptom of renal cell carcinoma is?

painless hematuria
About what percentage of all renal cell carcinoma's involve calcifications?

10%
What percentage of Hypernephroma's containing calcium are malignant?

90%
5 year survival rate of hypernephroma:

40%
How is Hypernephroma visualized on CT?

Since kidney is a vascular structure (show up light) but center could be avascular (which would be dark)
in US how does Hypernephroma appear?
- has internal echoes.
- change of echoes by how dense the mass is
What is a Wilm's tumor?
- Nephroblastoma
- It is a malignant tumor of the kidney that grows in young children
When do Wilm's Tumors usually show up?

between 2-4 yrs old
Nephroblastoma arises from what type of tissue?

embryonic renal tissue
5 year survival rate with treatment for nephroblastoma is?

85-90% (Wilm's tumor)
What is a neuroblastoma?
- Tumor of adrenal medullary origin that is the 2nd most common malignancy in children
- Different than Nephroblastoma!
renal vein thrombosis is what?

occlusion of the renal vein
Renal vein thrombosis unilateral or bilateral?

can be either one
Causes of Renal vein thrombosis in Children

Severe dehydration
Causes of Renal vein thrombosis in Adults
- complication of renal disease
- trauma
- thrombus from vena cava
- renal tumors
carcinoma of the bladder originates where?

within epithelium
Bladder carcinoma is called

urothelial carcinoma (previously known as transitional cell carcinoma)
What sex is Bladder carcinoma found predominately in?

Men over the age of 50
What is the 4th most common cancer in men?
- Bladder Carcinoma
- AKA Urothelial Carcinoma
Acute Renal failure is....
- sudden, has rapid deterioration of kidney function
- Sudden drop in urine volume
Oliguria

less than 400ml of urine output in a 24hr period
What is there an accumulation of in the blood of patients with acute renal failure?

Nitrogen containing waste
What characteristic odor can be smelled on acute renal failure patient's breath?

ammonia

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Urinary-Ch6b

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CBC Radiology

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2011-01-13T05:28:31Z