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Replacement lipomatosis of the kidney: CT features
H Honda1, C W McGuire, T J Barloon
1Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
Replacement lipomatosis of the kidney is a severe loss of renal parenchyma with massive fat deposition associated with long-standing inflammation and calculi. We report two pathologically proven cases of total replacement lipomatosis and one partial replacement lipomatosis diagnosed by CT. The CT images demonstrated a large fat-attenuating mass with perirenal capsule surrounded by thick pararenal fascia, streaky densities in the mass, elongated collecting system, large calculi, and absence of renal parenchyma.