All are features of hypernephroma except:
Correct Answer: Lower pole involvement
Description: RENAL CELL CARCINOMA (AKA gravitz tumor, hypernephroma, internist's tumor, radiologist's tumor) - More common in males, in 6th and 7th decade - Tumor usually involve upper pole Most common site of distant metastasis are lungs (cannon ball deposits and pulsatile osteolytic secondaries in bone>liver>brain) Characteristic feature of RCC is tendency to invade renal vein
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