Imaging and management of the incidentally discovered renal mass

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue SPEC. ISS. A, 2009, Pages

  Willatt, Jonathon ^a   Francis, Isaac R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipomas; Incidental renal masses; Malignant causes; Oncocytomas; Simple cysts; Solid renal masses

Indexed keywords

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTIFACT; BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TUMOR; ONCOCYTOMA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTIFACTS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77649206631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2009.9008     Document Type: Article

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