Renal tumors in unselected forensic post-mortem material

Abstract

The frequency of clinically evident renal tumors is increasing, due to an actual increase in incidence, but also due to an improvement in detection methods. The aim of the present study was to analyze the incidence of renal tumors in an unselected autopsy series. A search for renal tumors was conducted based on the autopsy reports from the Department of Forensic Medicine. The slides were reviewed and reclassified according to current criteria. Among 14,904 autopsies, 80 renal tumors were found. The most frequent tumor types were clear cell carcinomas (41%), papillary carcinomas (18%) and cortical adenomas (19%). There were 66 males and 14 females. The average age was 57.83 for males and 62.86 for females. The characteristics of the study group were not exactly identical but similar to other autopsy series, and significantly different from surgical series.

Clinicopathologic patterns of adult renal tumors

“…[11] More recently, in studies conducted in Poland and Lebanon for ART, high male:female ratios of 4.7:1 and 4:1, respectively, were found. [1213] Therefore, the gender-related observation in our present study is in concordance with all available data in national and international literature. However, there are variations in the degree of male:female ratios, ranging from a minimum of 1.5:1 to a maximum of 4.17:1.…”

“…[7] These findings are also consistent with some recent individual hospital-based studies from the KSA, Poland and Pakistan. [111214] Khafaja et al . reported a higher median age of 62.4 years in Lebanon,[13] whereas Latif et al .…”