Bilateral renal lymphangiomatosis mimicking hydronephrosis: Multidetector CT urographic findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 732-734

  Sarikaya, B ^a   Akturk, Y ^a   Bekar, U ^a   Topaloglu, S ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lymphangioma; Spiral computed tomography; Tomography

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 34248192301     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-005-8014-y     Document Type: Article

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