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PETER WAYS, M.D.; JOHN W. HUFF, M.D.; CHARLES H. KOSMALER, M.D.; LAWRENCE E. YOUNG, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1961;107(2):154-162.

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Introduction

The propensity for chronic renal disease, particularly pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis, and carcinoma, to be accompanied by anemia is well known in clinical medicine. More striking, though less frequently seen, is the association of renal disease, usually carcinoma of the kidney, with polycythemia. This coincidence was mentioned incidentally by Bliss,¹ in 1929, and since then has been documented by numerous others.^2-28 At the present time we are aware of 60 cases associating renal disease with polycythemia which have been either mentioned or described in detail in the literature. Fortyseven of these record the coincidence of primary carcinoma and polycythemia,^* 3 report patients with hydronephrosis and polycythemia,^20,22,26 5 patients are described in whom polycythemia and "polycystic disease" coexisted.^9,25 There is one report in each instance associating polycythemia with benign adenoma of the kidney,¹² sarcoma of the kidney,²⁶ tuberculosis of the kidney,²³ secondary renal carcinoma,³ . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ROCHESTER, N.Y.

From the Department of Medicine, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and the Medical Service of the Strong Memorial Hospital.; Research Fellow in Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (Dr. Ways). Research Fellow in Biochemistry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (Dr. Huff). Clinical Senior Instructor in Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; Physician, Arnot Ogden Memorial and St. Joseph's Hospitals, Elmira, N.Y. (Dr. Kosmaler). Dewey Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (Dr. Young).

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb. 24, 1960.

This study was aided by the David Smalline Fund.

Requests for reprints should be sent to Dr. Young.

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