Contemporary Radiologic Imaging of Renal Cortical Tumors

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 593-604

  Bach, Ariadne M ^a   Zhang, Jingbo ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromophobe; Clear cell carcinoma; Computed tomography (CT); Kidney cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging (MR); Oncocytoma; Papillary; Renal cancer; Renal cell carcinoma; Renal cortical tumor; Renal mass; Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADENOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC RENAL CORTICAL TUMORS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROMA; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RENAL CORTICAL TUMOR; RENAL CORTICAL TUMORS; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADENOMA, CHROMOPHOBE; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55249092731     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2008.07.012     Document Type: Review

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