Renal Cell Carcinoma Visible Only During the Corticomedullary Phase of Enhancement
Edward Y. Lee1,2,
Jay P. Heiken1,
Phyllis C. Huettner3 and
Wittanee Na-ChiangMai1,4
1 Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine,
510 S Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110.
2 Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical
School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston MA 02115.
3 Lauren V. Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Washington University
Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63110.
4 Present address: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, ChiangMai
University, ChiangMai 50200, Thailand.

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Fig. 1A. 69-year-old man with left renal mass. Hypervascular renal
cell carcinoma (arrow) measuring approximately 1.0 cm in diameter is
conspicuous on this helical CT image obtained during corticomedullary phase of
renal parenchymal enhancement.
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Fig. 1B. 69-year-old man with left renal mass. Mass (arrow)
is not discernible on unenhanced CT image.
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Fig. 1C. 69-year-old man with left renal mass. Mass (arrow)
is also not discernible on this CT image obtained during nephrographic phase
of enhancement.
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Fig. 1D. 69-year-old man with left renal mass. Photomicrograph of
resected renal mass shows findings of renal cell carcinoma, clear cell type,
Fuhrman nuclear grade 2 of 4. (H and E, x257)
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