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1
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What are the benign tumours of the kidney?

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Adenoma
Angioma
Angiomyolipoma

2
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What are the malignant tumours of the kidney?

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Nephroblastoma
Renal cell carcinoma (adeno)
Trasitional cell carcinoma
Squamous cell of renal pelvis

3
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What are the risk factors for RCC?

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Tobacco
African descent
Cystic disease, haemodialysis
Nutrition, obesity, hypertension
Asbestos
4
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What is the most important prognostic indicator in RCC?

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TNM staging

5
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Where does RCC spread?

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Directly into adrenals
renal vein
Hilar and para-aortic nodes
Mets: lung, bone, liver

6
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What is the appearance of an RCC in the lung on chest x ray?

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‘Cannonball’

7
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What are the genetic causes of von Hippel Lindau syndrome?

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Loss of VHL tumour suppressor gene

Upregulation of VEG-F

8
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What chromosome is associated with von Hippel Lindau?

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3

9
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What chromosome is associated with Hereditary Papillary RCC?

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7

10
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What chromosome is associated with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome?

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17

11
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What chromosome is associated with Hereditary Leiomyoma RCC?

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1

12
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What are the T stages in staging RCC?

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T1: <7cm
T2: >7cm
T3: advanced within Gerota’s fascia
T4: Beyond Gerota’s fascia

13
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What is the histiological classification of RCC?

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Clear cell
Papillary
Chromophobe
Collecting duct
Medullary cell
14
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What is the presentation of RCC?

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1/2 incidental
Pain, mass, haematuria
Bone pain, haemoptysis

15
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What paraneoplastic syndromes are associated with RCC?

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Polycythaemia, iron deficiency anaemia
Hypertension (increased renin)
High calcium (PTHrP)
Cushing's syndrome
Stauffer's syndrome
16
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What is Stauffer’s syndrome?

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Hepatic dysfunction
Fever
Anorexia

17
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What investigations should be done into renal tumours?

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FBC, ESR, U&E, LFT
Initially Ultrasound or triphasic CT
Then CT, MRI, angio

18
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What is a triphasic CT?

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Images taken without contract, directly after contrast and then delayed
Tumour appears bright: >20 Hounsfield units mean most likely malignant, 15-20 take biopsy

19
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What treatment options are available for renal tumours in T1-3?

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Radical nephrectomy in T1-3
Nephron sparing/ partial nephrectomy in T1
Thermal ablation if tumour is small
Active surveillance

20
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What treatment option is available for T4 renal cancers?

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Immunotherapy

Interferon a or interleukin 2

21
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What are the risk factors for bladder cancer?

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Industrial carcinogens: dyes, petrol, hairdressers
Pharmaceutical compounds
Cigarettes
Schistosomiasis
Cyclophosphamide
22
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What tumours can be found in the bladder?

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Transitional cell
Squamous cell (schistosomiasis)
Adenocarcinoma

23
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What is the presentation of bladder cancer?

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Gross painless haematuria

24
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What investigations can be done into bladder cancer?

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Urinary cytology
Cystoscopy
Biopsy
CT urogram

25
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What is the management for low grade bladder cancer?

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Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumour (ie scrape it off)

Surveillance

26
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What is the treatment for high grade bladder cancer?

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Radical cystoprostatectomy

Chemo and radio

27
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What is the treatment for carcinoma in situ of the bladder?

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BCG vaccine into the bladder