Renal cell carcinoma

Presenting features

  1. General / primary
    • Weight loss, cachexia
    • Mass in loin
    • New varicocoele on left (as left gonadal vein is longer and thus more easily compressed)
  2. Secondary
  3. Paraneoplastic manifestations

Investigations

  • Urine dipstick
  • FBC, LFTs
  • Imaging: USS / CT
  • CXR: cannonball pulmonary metastases