Management of the incidental renal mass 1

Radiology

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-31

  Silverman, Stuart G ^a,d,e   Israel, Gary M ^b,c   Herts, Brian R ^b,c   Richie, Jerome P ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOCYTOMA; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53749088763     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2491070783     Document Type: Article

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