Interpersonal variability and present diagnostic dilemmas in Bosniak classification system

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-244

  Weibl, Peter ^a   Klatte, Tobias ^a   Kollarik, Boris ^b   Waldert, Matthias ^a   Schller, Gerd ^c   Geryk, Bernard ^d   Remzi, Mesut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bosniak classification; Complex renal cystic mass; Cyst; Kidney; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BOSNIAK CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; COMPLEX RENAL CYSTIC MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL VARIABILITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVAKIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80051728308     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365599.2011.562233     Document Type: Article

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