Urothelial cancer of the renal pelvicaliceal system: Unusual imaging manifestations

Radiographics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1553-1566

  Prando, Adilson ^a   Prando, Patricia ^a   Prando, Décio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VERA CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UROTHELIUM;

CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALICES; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 78149371963     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.306105501     Document Type: Article

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