Sandbox: DDx Kidney mass

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  • 50-70 yo males
  • Asymptomatic
  • Incidental finding
  • Palpable flank mass



  • Heterogeneous, multifocal, well-circumscribed, large mass on CT
  • Less intense contrast enhancement
  • Distinct fibrous capsule
  • Calcification
  • Papillary fibrovascular cores
  • Foamy macrophages
  • Intracellular hemosiderin
  • Longitudinal nuclear groove
  • Hyaline globules present


  • Trisomy 7
  • Trisomy 17


Nonmalignant causes

anaplastic sarcoma clear cell sarcoma mesoblastic nephroma metanephric stromal tumor nephroblastomatosis / nephrogenic rests neuroblastoma oncocytoid carcinoma after neuroblastoma ossifying