Ultrasound and CT imaging assessment of renal angiomyolipoma.

نویسندگان

  • Alexandros Kotis
  • Filippos Lisgos
  • Stylianos Karatapanis
چکیده

The authors report a case of a 41-year-old woman who was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital because of acute right flank pain. Laboratory investigations and cultures were negative. A transabdominal ultrasonography revealed a large mass of the upper pole of the right kidney as an incidental finding.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ case reports

دوره 2010  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010