[Modern Imaging of Kidney Tumors]

Overview

Journal Urologe A

Specialty Urology

Date 2013 Apr 11

PMID 23571801

Citations 7

Authors

D-A Clevert

A Sterzik

M Braunagel

M Notohamiprodjo

A Graser

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Abstract

If a renal mass is suspected on clinical examination or ultrasound the finding has to be confirmed by cross-sectional imaging. Methods that are used include multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Also contrast-enhanced ultrasound has been successfully implemented in renal imaging and now plays a major role in the differentiation of benign from malignant renal masses. In expert hands it can be used to show very faint vascularization and subtle enhancement. The MDCT technique benefits from the recently introduced dual energy technology that allows superior characterization of renal masses in a single-phase examination, thereby greatly reducing radiation exposure. For young patients and persons allergic to iodine MRI should be used and it provides excellent soft tissue contrast and visualizes contrast enhancement kinetics in multiphase examinations.This article aims at giving a comprehensive overview of these different imaging modalities, their clinical indications and contraindications, as well as a description of imaging findings of various renal masses.

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