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hypernephroma

hypernephroma

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A cancer that starts in a kidney
  • noun
  • /ˌhaɪpərnəˈfrəʊmə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hipernefroma
  • The doctor explained that hypernephroma is often diagnosed late due to the absence of specific symptoms.
  • metastatic hypernephroma

Examples

  • In rare cases, a hypernephroma was found to be the cause of the patient's kidney failure.

  • After the biopsy, the results confirmed that the tumor was a hypernephroma growing aggressively.

  • Therefore, a metastasis can be the first manifestation of a hypernephroma.

    Academic text (2001)
  • However, it is rare (similar to 1%) to see only a single hypernephroma metastasize to the head or neck, as was the case with our patient.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Hypernephroma is the third most common (after lung and breast cancer) primary source of head and neck metastases.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Several authors have reported that in patients with sinonasal metastases, the most common primary malignancy was hypernephroma, which accounted for approximately 50% of all cases.

    Academic text (2001)
  • In a series of cases of metastatic carcinoma reported by McNichols et al., 11% of patients had first received treatment for their primary hypernephroma more than 10 years earlier.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Photograph shows the metastatic hypernephroma that manifested as a solitary sinonasal mass.

    Academic text (2001)
  • According to Sgouras et al., sinonasal metastasis is sometimes the first or the only manifestation of a hypernephroma.

    Academic text (2001)
  • We report a rare case of a hypernephroma that had metastasized to the sinonasal area as a solitary mass. Despite much difficulty, a confirmatory biopsy of the nasal mass was obtained.

    Academic text (2001)

Surface Forms

hypernephroma singular

Morphology

hypernephroma = hyper + nephr + oma

Although the term contains recognizable medical elements meaning roughly 'above/excessive' + 'kidney' + 'tumor', the modern sense 'malignant tumor of the kidney' is a technical historical label and is not directly predictable for most learners.

Etymology

Hypernephroma comes from three parts: hyper- meaning 'over', as in hyperactive, nephro- meaning 'kidney', and -oma meaning 'tumor', as in melanoma. So, hypernephroma points to a tumor of the kidney, which is why doctors use it for a type of kidney cancer.