title: Large egg-shell-like calcified cyst in a case of renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: A serendipitous case is reported of a large egg-shell-like calcified renal mass without irregularities covering a solid nodule suggestive of a renal cell carcinoma on CT. This was confirmed after radical nephrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vandeputte
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oyen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Poppel
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014567:Urography