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CT Findings After Nephron-Sparing Surgery of Renal Tumors

Mu Sook Lee1, Young Taik Oh1, Woong Kyu Han2, Koon Ho Rha2, Young Deuk Choi2, Sung Joon Hong2, Seung Choul Yang2 and Ki Whang Kim1

1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-ku Shinchon-dong 134, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea.
2 Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.


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Fig. 1A Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1B Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1C Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1D Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1E Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1F Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1G Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1H Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1I Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1J Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1K Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1L Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 1M Techniques for nephron-sparing surgery for kidney tumors. Drawings illustrate segmental resection (A–D), wedge resection (E–G), transverse resection (H–J), and enucleation (K–M).

 

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Fig. 2A Round postoperative granuloma in 47-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On preoperative axial corticomedullary phase CT, 3-cm-diameter solid mass (arrow) is seen in left kidney.

 

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Fig. 2B Round postoperative granuloma in 47-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial corticomedullary phase (B) and axial parenchymal phase (C) CT performed 3 months after nephron-sparing surgery, delayed, minimally enhancing, and round postoperative granuloma is seen at excision site (arrow) in left kidney.

 

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Fig. 2C Round postoperative granuloma in 47-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial corticomedullary phase (B) and axial parenchymal phase (C) CT performed 3 months after nephron-sparing surgery, delayed, minimally enhancing, and round postoperative granuloma is seen at excision site (arrow) in left kidney.

 

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Fig. 2D Round postoperative granuloma in 47-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial parenchymal phase CT performed 6 months after nephron-sparing surgery, size of round postoperative granuloma has decreased (arrow).

 

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Fig. 3A Fat at excision site in 53-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On preoperative axial parenchymal phase CT, 4-cm-diameter solid mass (arrow) is seen in left kidney.

 

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Fig. 3B Fat at excision site in 53-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial corticomedullary phase CT performed 3 months after nephron-sparing surgery, low-density lesion with negative CT attenuation (–45 H) is seen at excision site (arrow), suggesting fat at excision site.

 

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Fig. 4A Linear or stellate parenchymal scar in 33-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for angiomyolipoma. On preoperative axial parenchymal phase CT, large fat-containing mass (arrow) is seen in right kidney.

 

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Fig. 4B Linear or stellate parenchymal scar in 33-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for angiomyolipoma. On axial parenchymal phase CT performed 3 months after nephron-sparing surgery, 2-mm-diameter, narrow elongated linear line (arrow) that runs through renal parenchyma is seen at surgical site in right kidney. Line shows no enhancement.

 

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Fig. 5A Parenchymal defect in 44-year-old woman after right nephron-sparing surgery. On axial corticomedullary phase CT performed 4 months after nephron-sparing surgery, sharply demarcated renal parenchyma defect involving mainly cortex (arrow) is seen in right kidney.

 

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Fig. 5B Parenchymal defect in 44-year-old woman after right nephron-sparing surgery. On axial parenchymal phase CT performed 14 months after nephron-sparing surgery, parenchymal defect with no significant change (arrow) is seen in surgical site.

 

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Fig. 6A Perinephric strands in retroperitoneal space in 53-year-old man after nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On preoperative axial parenchymal phase CT, 2-cm-diameter solid mass is seen in right kidney (arrow).

 

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Fig. 6B Perinephric strands in retroperitoneal space in 53-year-old man after nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial corticomedullary phase CT performed 3 months after nephron-sparing surgery, linear strands are seen in retroperitoneal space (arrows).

 

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Fig. 7A Mass-like lesion in retroperitoneal space in 65-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for papillary neoplasia. On preoperative axial unenhanced CT, 1.5-cm-diameter solid mass (arrow) is seen in right kidney.

 

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Fig. 7B Mass-like lesion in retroperitoneal space in 65-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for papillary neoplasia. On axial corticomedullary phase CT performed 6 months after nephron-sparing surgery, mass-mimicking lesion with soft-tissue density is seen in retroperitoneal space (arrow) with no enhancement or mass effect.

 

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Fig. 7C Mass-like lesion in retroperitoneal space in 65-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for papillary neoplasia. On axial parenchymal phase CT performed 1 year after nephron-sparing surgery, extent of mass-like lesion has decreased (arrow).

 

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Fig. 8A Mixture of perinephric strands and mass-like lesion in retroperitoneal space in 47-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On preoperative axial parenchymal phase CT, 1-cm-diameter solid mass (arrow) is seen in right kidney.

 

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Fig. 8B Mixture of perinephric strands and mass-like lesion in retroperitoneal space in 47-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial parenchymal phase CT performed 6 months after nephron-sparing surgery, soft-tissue-density lesion (solid arrow) with perinephric strands (dashed arrow) is seen in retroperitoneal space with no enhancement.

 

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Fig. 8C Mixture of perinephric strands and mass-like lesion in retroperitoneal space in 47-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial parenchymal phase CT performed 2 years after nephron-sparing surgery, extent of mixture of perinephric strands and mass-like lesion in retroperitoneal space has decreased.

 

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Fig. 9A Local recurrence at surgical site in 41-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On preoperative axial corticomedullary phase CT, 1-cm-diameter solid mass (arrow) is seen in right kidney.

 

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Fig. 9B Local recurrence at surgical site in 41-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial corticomedullary phase CT performed 3 months after nephron-sparing surgery, marked enhancing recurring nodule (arrow) is seen at excision site.

 

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Fig. 10A Local recurrence at surgical site in 56-year-old woman after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On preoperative axial parenchymal phase CT, 1-cm-diameter solid mass (arrow) is seen in right kidney.

 

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Fig. 10B Local recurrence at surgical site in 56-year-old woman after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial corticomedullary phase CT performed 3 months after nephron-sparing surgery, small, strongly enhancing nodule (arrow) is seen at surgical site.

 

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Fig. 10C Local recurrence at surgical site in 56-year-old woman after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On sequential axial corticomedullary phase CT, size of enhancing nodule (arrow) has increased. Nodule was found to be local recurrence.

 

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Fig. 11A Recurrence at perinephric space in 41-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On preoperative axial corticomedullary phase CT, 1-cm-diameter solid mass (arrow) is seen in right kidney.

 

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Fig. 11B Recurrence at perinephric space in 41-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial corticomedullary phase CT performed 3 months after nephron-sparing surgery, multiple enhancing recurrent nodules (arrows) are seen at perinephric site.

 

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Fig. 12A In 74-year-old man, hematoma as complication after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. Gross hematuria and anemia developed 2 weeks after surgery. On preoperative axial corticomedullary phase CT, large heterogeneously enhancing solid mass (arrow) is seen in right kidney.

 

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Fig. 12B In 74-year-old man, hematoma as complication after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. Gross hematuria and anemia developed 2 weeks after surgery. On axial unenhanced CT performed 2 weeks after nephron-sparing surgery, homogeneous mass (arrows) with attenuation of 70 H is seen around surgical clips.

 

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Fig. 12C In 74-year-old man, hematoma as complication after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. Gross hematuria and anemia developed 2 weeks after surgery. Coronal reformatted unenhanced CT also shows hyperattenuated mass, which is consistent with hematoma at surgical site (arrows).

 

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Fig. 13A Abscess as complication of nephron-sparing surgery in 66-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery. On preoperative axial parenchymal phase CT, 1.5-cm-diameter solid mass (arrow) is seen in right kidney.

 

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Fig. 13B Abscess as complication of nephron-sparing surgery in 66-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery. On axial parenchymal phase CT performed 2 weeks after nephron-sparing surgery, loculated fluid collection with thick enhancing wall (arrows) is seen at anterior pararenal space. This was found to be abscess.

 

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Fig. 13C Abscess as complication of nephron-sparing surgery in 66-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery. On axial parenchymal phase CT performed 3 months after nephron-sparing surgery, postoperative abscess has disappeared.

 

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Fig. 14A Ischemia as complication of nephron-sparing surgery in 39-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for cystic renal cell carcinoma. On preoperative axial corticomedullary phase CT, cystic mass with enhancing thick septa (arrow) is seen in left kidney.

 

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Fig. 14B Ischemia as complication of nephron-sparing surgery in 39-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for cystic renal cell carcinoma. On axial parenchymal phase CT performed 1 year after nephron-sparing surgery, parenchyma at surgical site shows decreased enhancement and mild atrophied change (arrow) in comparison with remnant renal parenchyma.

 

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Fig. 14C Ischemia as complication of nephron-sparing surgery in 39-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for cystic renal cell carcinoma. On coronal reformatted parenchymal phase CT, ischemic change is also seen at surgical site (arrow). Change was regarded as postoperative ischemia.

 

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Fig. 15 Another case of ischemia in 45-year-old man after right nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On coronal reformatted parenchymal phase CT, right kidney shows atrophied change and lack of parenchymal enhancement.

 

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Fig. 16A Ureteral or renal pedicle stricture as complication of nephron-sparing surgery in 55-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On preoperative coronal reformatted parenchymal phase CT, 3-cm-diameter solid mass (arrow) is seen in left kidney.

 

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Fig. 16B Ureteral or renal pedicle stricture as complication of nephron-sparing surgery in 55-year-old woman after left nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma. On axial parenchymal phase CT performed 1 year after nephron-sparing surgery, renal vascular luminal narrowing (arrow) and hydronephrosis with parenchymal atrophy are seen, suggesting ureteral or renal pedicle stricture.

 

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