The Incidental Renal Mass

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 369-383

  Israel, Gary M ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Incidental; Renal cell carcinoma; Renal cyst; Renal mass

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INCIDENTALOMA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY INCIDENTALOMA; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY PSEUDOTUMOR; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOCYTOMA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951568755     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.10.007     Document Type: Review

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