title: Imaging-guided percutaneous renal biopsy: rationale and approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to discuss the history of, indications and rationale for, and approach to imaging-guided percutaneous renal biopsies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the progressive increase in the number of incidentally discovered renal masses, increased use of percutaneous ablation as a treatment alternative for the management of renal cell carcinoma and improvements in immunohistochemistry techniques, imaging-guided renal biopsy will continue to serve as a useful tool for the evaluation and management of renal diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging & Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. ruppot@partners.org
authors.forename: Raul N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Uppot
authors.forename: Mukesh G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Harisinghani
authors.forename: Debra A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gervais
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D056888:Patient Positioning; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media