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PULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS OF RENAL MALIGNANCY

Dr. Tariq Zaffar Shaikh, Dr. Rashid Ahmed Khan, Dr. Zakir Hussain Rajpar, Dr. Hamid Nawaz Ali Memon, Dr. Samar Raza and Dr. Aneeta Lohana

Objective: To determine the pulmonary manifestations of renal malignancy. Patients And Methods: The two year cross sectional study was conducted at tertiary care hospital. All the patients either gender who were diagnosed as renal cell carcinoma were included in the study. These patients were allowed to undergo necessary investigations and treatment. All the specific patients had thorough clinical history, relevant clinical examination and important investigations to explore the pulmonary presentations while the frequency / percentages (%) and means ±SD computed for study variables. Results: During 2 year study period total fifty patients with renal cell carcinoma were explored and studied. The frequency for male and female population was 30 (60%) and 20 (40%) with mean ± SD for age of male and female individuals was 50.92±7.94 and 52.83±5.31 respectively. Regarding gender male 30 (60%) and female 20 (40%) whereas the pulmonary manifestation, metastatic lesions 09 (18%), pleural effusion 19 (38%), sarcoid like reaction 05 (10%), pulmonary emboli 05 (10%), arterio-venous malformations 05 (10%) and adverse effects of therapy 07 (14%). Conclusion: Renal cell carcinoma can give different pulmonary signs and these respiratory highlights can either be the displaying manifestation of the illness. Keywords: Kidney, pulmonary and Renal.

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