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Clinico-radiological case · № 20

Clinical-Radiological Presentation 20

Question

Microscopic hematuria
The ultrasound reveals a cortical hyperechoic lesion of the right kidney

What is the next diagnostic step?

ANSWER

The CT scan shows a lipid content, at – (minus) 36 Hounsfield Units.
Anything below 0 is fat!

This is an angiomyolipoma, benign therefore, definitive diagnosis, no need for biopsy.

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