RENAL nephrometry scoring system: the radiologist's perspective.
OBJECTIVE
The nephrometry score, which is determined from cross-sectional imaging, stratifies renal masses into low, intermediate, and high complexity. The purpose of this article is to understand how the score is determined and review the five key features that contribute to the nephrometry score.


CONCLUSIONS
The scoring system has implications for surgical planning and has been widely adopted by urologists but is less familiar to radiologists.
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA. rosaleen.parsons@fccc.edu
Rosaleen B
RB
Parsons
Daniel
D
Canter
Alexander
A
Kutikov
Robert G
RG
Uzzo
D000328:Adult; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography