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Incidental finding of renal cell carcinoma in an asymptomatic patient on low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer

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Заглавие: Incidental finding of renal cell carcinoma in an asymptomatic patient on low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer
Авторы: Mark Schauer, Michael Baumgartner, Laura D. Bauler, Steven Jones
Источник: Journal of Primary Health Care, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 370-372 (2021)
Издатель: CSIRO Publishing, 2021.
Год публикации: 2021
Коллекция: LCC:Public aspects of medicine
Термины предметов: Early detection of cancer/methods, incidental findings, kidney neoplasms, renal cell carcinoma, quaternary prevention, early detection of cancer/economics, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Описание: ABSTRACT INTRODUCTIONIn 2013, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer in high-risk adults with a significant smoking history. These screenings result in large numbers of incidental findings, and although most of these do not warrant further investigation, there have been reported cases of incidental findings identified on CT screening that led to successful treatment of a previously undiagnosed comorbidity. CASE HISTORYHere, we report a case of papillary renal cell carcinoma that was detected incidentally on low-dose CT in an asymptomatic individual, a rare diagnosis considering that renal neoplasms account for
Тип документа: article
Описание файла: electronic resource
Язык: English
ISSN: 1172-6156
Relation: https://www.publish.csiro.au/hc/pdf/HC21114; https://doaj.org/toc/1172-6156
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