Renal cell carcinoma physical examination

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Hypertension (high blood pressure) resulting from secretion of renin by the tumour (30% of cases)
Fever - Pyrexia of unknown origin

Enlargement of one testicle known as varicocele (usually the left, due to blockage of the left gonadal vein by tumor invasion of the left renal vein -- the right gonadal vein drains directly into the inferior vena cava)
Abdominal mass (25% of cases)