Imaging of retroperitoneal rhabdomyosarcoma mimicking hypernephroma.
Malignant tumors that arise in the perinephric space often present a diagnostic dilemma. These retroperitoneal tumors may resemble renal carcinomas, extrahepatic lymphoma, metastatic disease, or tumors arising in other retroperitoneal organs. We present a case of a patient with a primary retroperitoneal rhabdomyosarcoma who had an extensive diagnostic workup prior to surgical intervention that was thought to be consistent with an aggressive renal cell carcinoma.
Gerard
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Department of Radiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11219.
Frank
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Wilck
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Bergman
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A
Preminger
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B
Lefkovitz
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Z
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed