title: [Characterization of renal pelvic carcinoma with US and color Doppler flow imaging].
abstract: Ultrasonography (US) was utilized to assess 22 patients with renal pelvic carcinomas, The neoplasms were demonstrated as hypoechoic mass in 81.82%, and as visualized hyperechoic mass in 18.18%; Their echogenicity was highly correlated with gross pathology. Among all the cases, 5 patients were investigated with color Doppler Flow Imaging (CDFI), and none of them demonstrated the high-frequency Doppler shifted signals seen in renal cell carcinomas. Therefore CDFI may help to differentiate renal pelvic carcinomas from renal cell carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: PUMC Hospital, CAMS, Beijing.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color