Hyperattenuating renal masses: Etiologies, pathogenesis, and imaging evaluation

Radiographics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1131-1143

  Silverman, Stuart G ^a   Mortele, Koenraad J ^a   Tuncali, Kemal ^a   Jinzaki, Masahiro ^b   Cibas, Edmund S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547742532     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.274065147     Document Type: Review

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