title: Cirsoid arteriovenous malformation of kidney presenting as a mass suggestive of malignancy.
abstract: This paper reports a rare case of cirsoid renal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) that showed radiological characteristics of a renal malignancy. Using only conventional procedures such as computerized tomography, the present case was misdiagnosed as a solid tumor mass and therefore radical nephrectomy was indicated. Angiographic analysis is expected to improve the accuracy of diagnosis of AVM, thus reducing the need to resort to invasive techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Turkeri
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Daudi
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Wojtowycz
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Haas
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures; D014567:Urography; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*