Bolus nephrotomography in diagnosis of lesions of kidney.
Bolus nephrotomography was employed in the study of 100 patients with renal adenocarcinoma and 100 patients with renal cyst. A retrospective review of the vascular and nephrographic phases of this study was made. A diagnosis of renal adenocarcinoma could be made with confidence by bolus nephrotomography in 82 per cent of cases with the remaining cases indeterminate and requiring further investigation; the vascular phase was of greater diagnostic value than the nephrographic phase. A diagnosis of renal cyst could be made with confidence by bolus nephrotomography in 85 per cent of cases with the remaining cases indeterminate and requiring further investigation; the nephrographic phase was of greater diagnostic value than the vascular phase.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods