Spontaneous reduction of a minimally complex cyst mimicking a renal cancer

Giuseppe Cicero; Alfredo Blandino; Fabio Italiano; Martina Francesca Micalizzi; Silvio Mazziotti

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2541

Clinical Case Reports (Dec 2019)

Spontaneous reduction of a minimally complex cyst mimicking a renal cancer

Giuseppe Cicero,
Alfredo Blandino,
Fabio Italiano,
Martina Francesca Micalizzi,
Silvio Mazziotti

Affiliations

Giuseppe Cicero: Section of Radiological Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging University of Messina Messina Italy
Alfredo Blandino: Section of Radiological Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging University of Messina Messina Italy
Fabio Italiano: Section of Radiological Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging University of Messina Messina Italy
Martina Francesca Micalizzi: Section of Radiological Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging University of Messina Messina Italy
Silvio Mazziotti: Section of Radiological Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging University of Messina Messina Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2541
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 12
pp. 2600 – 2602

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Abstract Renal cyst shrinkage is a rare finding. Since the collapsed cystic walls may mimic soft tissue components, this scenario has to be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant renal cysts.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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