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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Renal Mass Lesions

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Renal and Adrenal Tumors

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Abstract

In recent years the development of technology has added another imaging modality to the armamentarium of radiologists which can be used in the investigation of renal disease — magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The accumulated experience with MRI in renal mass lesions — both experimental and clinical — was rather limited just a year or two ago. It included descriptions of only a few cases of malignant or benign renal tumors, cysts, inflammatory and posttraumatic mass lesions of the kidney [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. However, the clinical importance and usefulness of MRI in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of renal mass lesions have been rapidly recognized. Hricak and coworkers recently reported a 96% success rate in staging 31 renal and perirenal neoplasms with MRI [6]. In this chapter we will discuss our experiences in the diagnosis of renal mass lesions with a 0.15 Tesla resistive magnet scanner.

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  1. Röntgendiagnostisches Zentralinstitut, Klinikum der Universität Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, D-4300, Essen, Germany

    Eberhard Löhr

  2. Institut für Pathologie, Klinikum der Universität Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, D-4300, Essen, Germany

    Lutz-Dietrich Leder

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Kaude, J.V., Kinard, R.E. (1987). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Renal Mass Lesions. In: Löhr, E., Leder, LD. (eds) Renal and Adrenal Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71207-4_4

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