Ces radiol. 2012, 66(3):271-281

Imaging of solid kidney tumorsReview article

Jiří Ferda1, Jan Kastner1, Eva Ferdová1, Hynek Mírka1, Jan Baxa1, Milan Hora2, Ondřej Hes3, Jindřich Fínek4, Boris Kreuzberg1
1 Klinika zobrazovacích metod LF UK a FN, Plzeň
2 Urologická klinika LF UK a FN, Plzeň
3 Šiklův ústav patologické anatomie LF UK a FN, Plzeň
4 Onkologické a radioterapeutické oddělení LF UK a FN, Plzeň

Renal cell carcinoma reaches the highest incidence in the Czech Republic world wide. The most important role of the imaging methods is to distinguish it in between the all solid and cyst-like renal lesions. Even the ultrasound (sometimes including application of contrast material) remains the basic imaging method, CT-angiography and MR-angiography is the most important recent methods to display its own tumorous tissue including the vessels supplying the tumor and the whole kidney. Magnetic resonance is able to improve the differential diagnosis in hypo-vascular (especially papillary renal cell carcinoma) when the diffusion weighted imaging is used. PET/CT is enabling to estimate the aggressiveness of the renal cell carcinomas according their level of fluorodeoxyglucose accumulation.

Keywords: renal cell carcinoma, angiolipoma, papillary renal cell carcinoma, MRI, CT-angiography, FDG-PET/CT
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Podpořeno projektem Ministerstva zdravotnictví ČR: Koncepční rozvoj výzkumné organizace 00669806 - FN Plzeň.

Accepted: August 15, 2012; Published: September 1, 2012  Show citation

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