High resolution imaging modalities of renal cell carcinoma: New aspects of imaging
P Hallscheidt · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2006 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
Renal cell carcinoma is the most common malignant kidney tumor. Today 70–80% of all renal cell carcinomas are detected in an asymptomatic state without the typical complains like flank-pain, hematuria and abdominal mass leading to the diagnosis. Imaging technologies like Multi-detector CT and high field MRI offer different advantages in diagnosing and staging renal cell carcinoma. Modern surgical strategies like nephron sparing surgery and cavotomy in extensive tumors do need a complex preoperative imaging workup. New imaging protocols are necessary in the follow up of these patients. Although MS-CT and MRI achi…