Simone Sellitto, Luciano Tarantino, Francesco Barone, Nunzia Barone, Angelica Perna, Angela Lucariello, Germano Guerra, Antonio De Luca, Amelia Filippelli, Carmine Sellitto
Standard ultrasound (US) finds wide use in renal diseases as a screening procedure, but it is not always able to characterize lesions, especially in differential diagnosis between benign and malignant lesions. In contrast, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) is appropriate in differentiating between solid and cystic lesions as well as between tumors and pseudotumors. We show the case of a nephropathic patient who showed a complex, large, growing renal mass, characterized through a CEUS. This seventy-five-year-old diabetic heart patient showed a 6 cm-complex and plurisected cyst on ultrasound of left kidney...
April 29, 2024: Giornale Italiano di Nefrologia: Organo Ufficiale Della Società Italiana di Nefrologia