Calcified renal carcinoma. Diagnostic difficulty

Two cases of renal carcinoma presenting as renal cyst seen at our service in the past year are described. One presented as a large central cyst with several smaller cysts on its wall. The other presented as a renal cyst coexisting with several serous cysts. Imaging techniques are underscored due to...

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Published inArchivos españoles de urología Vol. 43; no. 6; p. 623
Main Authors Gómez Velázquez, M, Asuero Mantero, M, Leal Arenas, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.07.1990
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma - complications
Adenocarcinoma - diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Aged
Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis - etiology
Carcinoma, Renal Cell - complications
Carcinoma, Renal Cell - diagnosis
Carcinoma, Renal Cell - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Kidney Diseases, Cystic - diagnosis
Kidney Diseases, Cystic - etiology
Kidney Neoplasms - complications
Kidney Neoplasms - diagnosis
Kidney Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Renal Artery - diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Two cases of renal carcinoma presenting as renal cyst seen at our service in the past year are described. One presented as a large central cyst with several smaller cysts on its wall. The other presented as a renal cyst coexisting with several serous cysts. Imaging techniques are underscored due to the diagnostic difficulties. The currently available diagnostic techniques for classifying tumor masses with mixed or undefined features are briefly described.
ISSN:0004-0614