title: Spontaneous gas formation in a sterile renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Sterile gas formation is a common sequela of therapeutic transcatheter embolization of tumors. We report a patient who spontaneously developed gas collections within an uninfected renal cell carcinoma with a computed tomographic appearance very similar to that seen following embolization. Possible mechanisms for sterile gas formation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut 06115.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Markowitz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005740:Gases