title: Computed tomography in the detection of small renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Small renal cell carcinoma, less than 3 cm in diameter, was detected with computed tomography (CT) in three patients. The patients had no urological complaints and the carcinomas were discovered by chance during tests made for liver diseases. After making a comparison study between these three cases and a false-positive case, dynamic CT images were evaluated to be beneficial for detection of the tumors: dense staining in the early phase which became less dense than normal parenchyma in the late nephrogram phase.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography