[The leading symptoms in patients with renal carcinoma]

The incidence of the leading symptoms of renal cancer in 97 patients operated at the University Urologic Clinic in Rostock, Germany, was studied. In all patients the diagnosis was clinched by histologic examination.

gross hematuria had 43 per cent of the patients; pain in the lumbar area--29 per cent; arterial hypertension--27 per cent; change finding--21 per cent; conventional tumor symptoms--17 per cent; palpable tumor--11 per cent; classical triad--8 per cent. The incidence of the conventional tumor symptoms was: loss of weight--17 per cent; fever--21 per cent; malaise--17 per cent. The results of this study showed that gross hematuria was the most common symptom. These results as a whole considerably differ from data reported by other authors. Common to all is however the top incidence of gross hematuria and pain in the lumbar area.