Large egg-shell-like calcified cyst in a case of renal cell carcinoma.
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.
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Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
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Van Poppel
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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