At Fox Chase, where the database contains more than 4,000 renal cancer cases, the protocol for managing incidental renal masses is to first measure the HU of the lesion on non-contrast CT.

Satellite lesions were noted in 32.5% (37 of 114) of the renal units evaluated. Overall, 22% (8 of 37) of all satellite lesions excised at the time of NSS were malignant.

The purpose is to evaluate confirmatory imaging biomarkers aligned with RCC lesions’ cytology features. Methods: Patients with solid renal lesions were consecutively extracted from our institutional ...

Her group had previously shown that two truncated proteins ― proteins that are shorter but biologically active versions of the parent protein ― were differentially expressed in kidney lesions ...

Applying renal scoring criteria to children with kidney masses may help identify some who can be offered nephron-sparing surgery, instead of a radical nephrectomy, which is the standard of care.

When TSC is diagnosed in childhood, as it was in this patient, renal lesions appear with time, and by 10 years of age about 75–80% of affected children have AML, with a female preponderance. 2 ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent risk factor for heart diseases, such as heart attacks, strokes or heart failure. A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a ...

After follow-up, 1,153 patients had kidney failure and 1,356 died. A doubling of plasma KIM-1 correlated with a 1.10-fold increased risk for kidney failure.

Background: Differentiation of benign oncocytoma from chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (chRCC) remains a challenge. This study aimed to investigate whether Aorta-lesion-attenuation difference (ALAD) ...

Otsuka Medical Devices announced that Japanese authorities approved the Recor Medical Paradise ultrasound renal denervation ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) have updated their hypertension guidelines to ...

An attempt was made to classify the renal lesion according to the criteria of Muehrcke et al., 3 who have classified as lupus "glomerulitis" cases showing only glomerular involvement, without ...