Sentences with phrase «rare kidney tumor»
A very rare kidney tumor that secretes the hormone, erythropoietin, has also been implicated in polycythemia and there are suspicions that high cortisone levels (as occur with steroid administration or Cushing's Disease) might occasionally cause elevated PCVs too.
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Primary renal neoplasia, or cancer that originates in the kidney, is rare in the dog and cat, accounting for less than 2.5 percent of all tumors.
Other, but rarer, causes of metastatic calcification include kidney disease (this is the most common cause in cats), malignant tumors producing abnormal hormones that increase blood calcium concentrations (e.g. tumors of the lymphoid system and glands of the anal sac), diabetes mellitus and lung disease.
«Titan's tumor ended up being a very rare type of benign kidney tumor,» happily reported Dr. Doyle.