Multiphasic renal CT: comparison of renal mass enhancement during the corticomedullary and nephrographic phases.

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Authors

Bernard A. Birnbaum · Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Abstract

Enhancement of renal neoplasms is time dependent and may not be evident in hypovascular tumors analyzed during the early corticomedullary phase. Reliance on absolute CT attenuation measurements, without use of internal standards as controls, may lead to misdiagnosis of neoplasms as cysts.

Topics & Keywords

Renal cell carcinoma treatment Renal and related cancers Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Radiology

Volume 200, Issue 3, pp. 753-758

DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.3.8756927

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