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In Vivo, Percutaneous, Needle Based, Optical Coherence Tomography of Renal Masses
Published on: March 30, 2015
Multimodality imaging evaluation of pseudotumors in chronic renal dysfunction: exposing the masquerade!
Ankur Goyal1, Malvika Gulati1, Raju Sharma1
1Department of Radiodiagnosis and Interventional Radiology, 28730All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Abstract:
Focal renal lesions in the background of chronic kidney disease (CKD) present a diagnostic challenge. Contrast administration is usually avoided in such a setting, undermining the usefulness of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Focal regenerating nodules may occur in the background of CKD and closely mimic renal neoplasms. The aim of the present article was to highlight the salient manifestations of such CKD pseudotumors on different imaging modalities and also to depict the differentiating features from malignancy. Radiologists must be aware of the imaging appearance of this uncommonly talked about entity so as to avoid inadvertent surgery or cause undue anxiety to the patient.
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