Misdiagnosis of renal cell carcinoma by computed tomography with angiography: a potential pitfall.
The introduction of helical computed tomography (CT) has led to an increase in the number and complexity of CT protocols. This situation has resulted in a new source of error in the interpretation of CT scans. The authors report a case in which a hyperattenuating cyst discovered incidentally at the time of CT with angiography could have been misdiagnosed as renal cell carcinoma.
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Department of Medical Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Ont.
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D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed