Collecting duct carcinoma arising in a solitary kidney: imaging findings.
Collecting duct carcinoma is an aggressive malignancy derived from the renal medulla. Imaging features suggestive of this diagnosis include a medullary origin, hypovascularity, and an infiltrative growth pattern. A case of collecting duct carcinoma with unsuspected contralateral renal agenesis is presented.
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed