Renal cell carcinoma with a fatty component mimicking angiomyolipoma on CT

Br J Radiol. 1998 Sep;71(849):977-9. doi: 10.1259/bjr.71.849.10195016.

Abstract

A very unusual CT appearance of renal cel carcinoma is presented, in which the fatty density mimicked a benign angiomyolipoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiomyolipoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Angiomyolipoma / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods