title: Fine needle aspiration cytology of the kidney, renal pelvis, and adrenal.
abstract: Fine needle aspiration biopsy for cytologic evaluation of mass lesions of the kidney, renal pelvis and adrenal is a safe economic and accurate diagnostic procedure. Tumors and inflammatory or degenerative lesions arising from these organs have characteristic cytologic features permitting their correct identification in the majority of cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Akin
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000166:cytology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography