PERIRENAL TUMORS
- 24 March 1923
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 80 (12) , 840-841
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1923.02640390028010
Abstract
In defining paranephritic tumors, Lecene1states that "this term applies to such retroperitoneal neoplasms as seem to have intimate anatomic relations with an otherwise normal kidney and which appear to have developed at the expense of either the fibrous capsule or the cellulo-adipose covering of the kidney." REPORT OF CASE History. —Mrs. B. K., aged 43, admitted to Los Angeles County Hospital, Oct. 4, 1921, complained of a large tumor mass in the right kidney region, pain, constipation, slight nocturia, nausea and vomiting, and loss of weight and strength. About March 1, 1921, the patient first noticed dizzy spells and vomiting, which were severe at times. This kept up until about the first of August, when she noticed a mass forming in the right of the abdomen, which rapidly enlarged into the present large palpable tumor. The family history was irrelevant. Examination. — There were no abnormalities excepting inKeywords
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