title: Puncture of avascular renal 'tumour' as a necessary complement of angiography.
abstract: 12 cases of 'avascular tumour' of the kidney are discussed. Percutaneous renal puncture revealed: 7 cases of malignant tumour; 3 cases of hydronephrosis of the upper segment of a duplicated kidney; 1 case of abscess of the kidney, and 1 case of renal tuberculosis. 10 out of 12 patients were operated on and the histological examination confirmed the diagnosis established by puncture.
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011677:Punctures