[Cancer of the kidney mimicking renal multilocular cyst].
Two cases of multilocular cystic adenocarcinoma of the kidney are presented. Although ultrasonography (US) and x-ray computed tomography (CT) are generally considered to be excellent diagnostic methods for renal cystic lesions, in the 2 cases reported here they failed to give the correct diagnosis. These unusual cases altered us to the possibility that the capabilities of modern diagnostic imaging techniques can lead to a false sense of security regarding the prognosis. To our knowledge, there are no reliable clinical features which distinguish multilocular cystic adenocarcinoma from multilocular cystic nephroma.
Yamamoto
N
N
Service d'Urologie, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Maeda
S
S
Takeuchi
T
T
Kuriyama
M
M
Mizoguchi
Y
Y
Kasahara
M
M
Kawada
Y
Y
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
Cancer du rein simulant un kyste multiloculaire rénal.