title: Papillary renal cell carcinoma in the transplanted kidney - a case report focusing on contrast enhanced ultrasound features.
abstract: The purpose of the case report is to show that contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is an important imaging modality for patients with impaired renal function in detecting, characterizing and excluding renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in transplanted kidneys. To our knowledge this is the first report of CEUS in a tumour of a kidney transplant. CEUS is feasible, reveals comparable results to computed tomography and should be concerned as the method of choice for patients with impaired renal function like renal graft recipients.
authors.affiliation: Medical Clinic 2 - Gastroenterology and Medical Imaging; Caritas-Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ignee
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hocke
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Selbach
authors.forename: Xin-Wu
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Woenckhaus
authors.forename: Christoph F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D010743:Phospholipids; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D010743:Phospholipids; C420843:contrast agent BR1; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride