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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Ultrasound== | ==Ultrasound== | ||
Ultrasound has a limited role to play in either diagnosis or staging transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary tract in general. | *Ultrasound has a limited role to play in either diagnosis or staging transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary tract in general. | ||
*On ultrasound examination transitional cell carcinomas appear as solid, albeit hypoechoic masses located within the the renal pelvis or within a dilated calyx (also known as an oncocalyx).<ref name=Radiopaedia>Transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/transitional-cell-carcinoma-of-the-renal-pelvis</ref> | |||
*In patients in whom ultrasound is technically difficult care must be taken to not interpret the hypoechoic mass as hydronephrosis. | |||
*Rarely TCCs with squamous metaplasia and abundant keratin formation appear echogenic and densely shadowing and may mimic a renal calculus. | |||
On ultrasound examination transitional cell carcinomas appear as solid, albeit hypoechoic masses located within the the renal pelvis or within a dilated calyx (also known as an oncocalyx). In patients in whom ultrasound is technically difficult care must be taken to not interpret the hypoechoic mass as hydronephrosis. | |||
Rarely TCCs with squamous metaplasia and abundant keratin formation appear echogenic and densely shadowing and may mimic a renal calculus | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Transitional cell carcinoma Microchapters |
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Differentiating Transitional cell carcinoma from other Diseases |
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Transitional cell carcinoma ultrasound On the Web |
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Transitional cell carcinoma ultrasound |
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Transitional cell carcinoma ultrasound |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Ultrasound
- Ultrasound has a limited role to play in either diagnosis or staging transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary tract in general.
- On ultrasound examination transitional cell carcinomas appear as solid, albeit hypoechoic masses located within the the renal pelvis or within a dilated calyx (also known as an oncocalyx).[1]
- In patients in whom ultrasound is technically difficult care must be taken to not interpret the hypoechoic mass as hydronephrosis.
- Rarely TCCs with squamous metaplasia and abundant keratin formation appear echogenic and densely shadowing and may mimic a renal calculus.
References
- ↑ Transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/transitional-cell-carcinoma-of-the-renal-pelvis