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- Physical Examination
- • Abdominal mass.
- • Neck mass due to enlarged lymph node.
- • Abdominal bruit (sound over renal artery).
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- Blood and Other Tests
- • Liver function tests .
- • Complete blood count.
- • Blood calcium determination.
- • Urinalysis.
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- Imaging
- • Intravenous pyelogram (IVP) .
- • Ultrasound is the most sensitive test, being able to find masses as small as 3/4 in. (2 cm) in over 90 percent of
- cases. Sonograms can readily distinguish between the more commonly occurring benign or non-cancerous cyst
- and a solid tumor . When this test is combined with the intravenous pyelogram (IVP), the accuracy of a tumor
- diagnosis is over 90 percent. The sonogram can also be very helpful in determining whether the tumor has
- induced a clot in or invaded the renal vein or the inferior vena cava .
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