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A serendipitous case is reported of a large egg-shell-like calsified renal mass woithout irregularities covering a solid nodule suggestive of a renal cell carcinoma on CT. This was confirmed after radical nephrectomy.
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Vandeputte, A., Oyen, R. & Van Poppel, H. Large egg-shell-like calcified cyst in a case of renal cell carcinoma. Eur. Radiol. 6, 462–464 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00182470
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