| Literature DB >> 16474577 |
Andrew A Wagner1, Stephen B Solomon, Louis R Kavoussi.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: An 81-year-old man presented with a history of right nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma, chronic renal insufficiency and implanted defibrillator. He was asymptomatic. Contrast-enhanced CT and MRI were contraindicated. INVESTIGATIONS: Non-contrast CT, positron emission tomography (PET), fused PET-CT and Doppler ultrasound. DIAGNOSIS: Small exophytic left midpole renal tumor, 3.7 cm in size. MANAGEMENT: Percutaneous CT-guided renal cryoablation, followed up with PET-CT imaging.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 16474577 DOI： 10.1038/ncpuro0062
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Clin Pract Urol ISSN： 1743-4270