Incidental finding of renal masses at unenhanced CT: Prevalence and analysis of features for guiding management

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-145

  O'Connor, Stacy D ^a   Pickhardt, Perry J ^a   Kim, David H ^a   Oliva, M Raquel ^b   Silverman, Stuart G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; CT colonography; Incidentaloma; Renal cyst; Renal mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79960507118     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5920     Document Type: Article

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