Detect kidney tumors from upper abdominal pain symptoms

Mrs. Thu has had pain on the right side of her abdomen for over a year. After going to the doctor, she found out she had a kidney tumor and had to have her kidney removed.

CT scan shows a patient with a large tumor in the right kidney. Photo: NP.

Doctors at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have just successfully treated Mrs. Thu, 61 years old, from Ca Mau. For over a year, the patient had pain in the upper right abdomen, and had gone to many places for examination but could not find the cause. At the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, doctors examined and ordered a CT scan and discovered that the patient had a large right kidney tumor. The tumor was complicated, with large blood vessels in the abdomen sticking together, so the kidney had to be removed.

Master, Doctor Tran Cong Duy Long, Deputy Head of Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, said that kidney tumor cases like Mrs. Thu's are very complicated because the tumor is attached to the vena cava and invades and compresses the renal vascular pedicle. Therefore, treatment requires the coordination of many different specialists.

First, to control the renal vascular pedicle, the liver surgery team had to free the entire right liver to expose the vena cava located behind the liver, above the renal pedicle. Then the vascular and urology surgery team separated the renal vascular pedicle from its attachments to the vena cava and aorta.

The surgery lasted 3 hours, the kidney and tumor were completely removed.Large renal tumor measuring 12 cm and weighing 850 g.The patient lost 1.5 liters of blood and was continuously transfused.Up to now, Mrs. Thu's health has recovered well.

Master, Doctor Nguyen Hoang Duc, Head of Urology Departmenttoday the community is more concerned about theBecause of regular health check-ups, most cases of kidney tumors are detected early when the size is less than 4 cm. A case of a large tumor of 12 cm like Mrs. Thu's is rare.According to statistics from the American Cancer Society, from90 to 95% of kidney tumors are associated withrenal cell carcinoma. This type of canceroccupy from3 to 5% of all casescancer in adults. Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital receives and treats on average one to two cases of kidney cancer each month by surgical methods.

German doctor warns of kidney cancerCommon in people between the ages of 60 and 70. KAbout 30% of patients have symptoms of abdominal pain and blood in the urine, at which point the cancer is usually in its late stages. To detect the disease early, doctors advise people to have regular health check-ups and abdominal ultrasounds to check the condition of their kidneys. There is currently no research confirming the specific cause orpromotekidney cancer

* Patient name has been changed

According to VNE