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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of wilms' tumor.
Ultrasound
- Ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of wilms tumor.
- It is the best initial diagnostic study used in cases suspected with wilms tumor.
- Ultrasonography can help identify the mass as a kidney mass.
- It can distinguish tumor mass from other causes of renal swelling like hydronephrosis.[1]
- Doppler ultrasonography can help to detect invasion of renal vein and IVC by the tumor.[2]
References
- ↑ Hartman DS, Sanders RC (April 1982). "Wilms' tumor versus neuroblastoma: usefulness of ultrasound in differentiation". J Ultrasound Med. 1 (3): 117–22. PMID 6152936.
- ↑ De Campo JF (1986). "Ultrasound of Wilms' tumor". Pediatr Radiol. 16 (1): 21–4. PMID 3003660.
- ↑ Case courtesy of Dr Maulik S Patel, <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/">Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/19365">rID: 19365</a>