Calcification in cystic renal masses: Is it important in diagnosis?

Radiology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-52

  Israel, Gary M ^a   Bosniak, Morton A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney neoplasms, CT; Kidney, calcification; Kidney, cysts

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CALCINOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037256899     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2261011704     Document Type: Article

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