title: [Cancer of the kidney mimicking renal multilocular cyst].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuriyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizoguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawada
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Cancer du rein simulant un kyste multiloculaire rénal.