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Right renal angiomyolipoma

August 8, 2014 by
Clinical History: 59-year old woman with right lower back pain for more than one year   Diagnosis: Right renal angiomyolipoma   MR Technique: Upper abdominal imaging was performed on a 3T MR system. (A, B) Axial T1-weighted VIBE in- and out-of-phase (TR/TE 3.88/1.27ms), and (C) axial FS T2-weighted TSE (TR/TE 5814/78ms, with respiratory triggering) scans […] [...]
Filed Under: abdomen, Anatomic Regions, Cases, Clinical Imaging, kidneys, Meet The Experts, Xiaoming Li
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MR Tumor Staging for Treatment Decision in Case of Wilms Tumor

July 6, 2013 by
Nephroblastoma – also known as Wilms tumor – is the most frequent renal malignancy in childhood with the highest incidence of this tumor within the fourth year of life. 80% of patients are less than 5 years old, however it is a rare condition in neonates ([...]
Filed Under: Clinical Imaging, Clinical Updates, kidneys
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Renal Cell Carcinoma

July 6, 2013 by
This is a 76 year old man who was admitted to the hospital for sharp chest pain and was incidentally thought to have splenomegaly on physical exam. An abdominal ultrasound was initially ordered. The spleen appeared normal but a lesion in the lower pole of the left kidney was identified, for which a follow up MRI was performed. The patient did not have any genitourinary symptoms. [...]
Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, kidneys, Meet The Experts, Val M. Runge
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Nephroblastoma

July 6, 2013 by
This 8-year-old girl presented to the hospital with recurring abdominal pain on the left side and fever up to 39°C. In the urinalysis, protein, ketones and white blood cells were found, as well as hematuria. Ultrasound and a MR examination revealed a mass lesion in the left retroperitoneum with presumptive diagnosis of a nephroblastoma. [...]
Filed Under: Cases, Clinical Imaging, kidneys, Meet The Experts, Stefan Schönberg
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