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Published on: May 7, 2019
Papillary renal cell carcinoma in allograft kidney
Catherine Roy1, Sofiane El Ghali, Xavier Buy
1Department of Radiology B--Chirurgie A, University Hospital of Strasbourg-CHU, Hopital Civil-1, place de l'hopital, BP 426, 67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France. catherine.roy@chru-strasbourg.fr
Abstract:
Papillary renal cell carcinoma is a subgroup of malignant renal epithelial neoplasms. Its occurrence in allograft transplanted kidney has not been debated in the literature. We report two pathologically proven cases and discuss the clinical hypothesis for such neoplasms and the aspect on MR images. The paramagnetic effect of the iron associated with an absence of signal coming from calcifications is a plausible explanation for this unusual hypo-intense appearance on T2-weighted sequence.
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