A 70 year old male known case of a certain malignancy presents with elevated erythropoietin levels and PCV of 52%. Most likely tumour is -
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Renal Cell Carcinoma Paraneoplastic syndromes in RCCParaneoplastic syndormesi) Fever of unknown originii) Anemiaiii) Erythrocytosis (d/t secretion of erythropoietin by RCC) (but anemia is a more common finding)iv) Hypertensionv) Abnormal liver function (Stauffers syndrome ie non metastatic hepatic dysfunction)vi) Hypercalcemiavii) Neuromyopathyviii) Amyloidosisix) Increased ESR (MC paraneoplastic syndrome)x) Dysfibrogenemiaxi) Galactorrhoeaxii) Feminization and masculanization
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Gastric Carcinoma
Colorectal CA
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery