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Cirsoid Arteriovenous Malformation of Kidney Presenting as a Mass Suggestive of Malignancy
Author(s) -
Turkeri Levent N.,
Daudi Imbesat,
Abraham Jerrold L.,
Wojtowycz Andrij R.,
Haas Gabriel P.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00248.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , nephrectomy , radiology , renal mass , arteriovenous malformation , radiological weapon , kidney , pathology
This paper reports a rare case of cirsoid renal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) that showed radiological characteristics of a renal malignancy. Using only conventional procedures such as computerized tomography, the present case was misdiagnosed as a solid tumor mass and therefore radical nephrectomy was indicated. Angiographic analysis is expected to improve the accuracy of diagnosis of AVM, thus reducing the need to resort to invasive techniques.