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Sonography of hemorrhagic cysts with computed tomographic correlation.
Author(s) -
Gooding G A
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1986.5.12.699
Subject(s) - medicine , pathognomonic , malignancy , radiology , computed tomographic , computed tomographic angiography , benignity , computed tomography , angiography , lesion , pathology , disease
Hemorrhagic cysts have a potential for malignancy. The sonographic appearance is not pathognomonic. Three cases of benign hemorrhagic renal cysts defined sonographically demonstrate a varied appearance. Computed tomography, angiography, and aspiration offer additional clarification, but surgery is the procedure of choice for a definitive diagnosis, because aspiration of a septated lesion may fail to define malignant cytology in a separate compartment and, in addition, cytologies can be falsely negative.