TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of virtual biopsy in the management of renal masses
AU - De Leon, Alberto Diaz
AU - Davenport, Matthew S.
AU - Silverman, Stuart G.
AU - Schieda, Nicola
AU - Cadeddu, Jeffrey A.
AU - Pedrosa, Ivan
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by National Institutes of Health grants R01CA154475 to I. Pedrosa and J. A. Cadeddu, P50CA196516 to I. Pedrosa and J. A. Cadeddu, and U01CA207091 to I. Pedrosa.
Publisher Copyright:
© American Roentgen Ray Society.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - OBJECTIVE. Renal masses comprise a heterogeneous group of pathologic conditions, including benign and indolent diseases and aggressive malignancies, complicating management. In this article, we explore the emerging role of imaging to provide a comprehensive noninvasive characterization of a renal mass so-called "virtual biopsy" and its potential use in the management of patients with renal tumors. CONCLUSION. Percutaneous renal mass biopsy (RMB) remains a valuable method to provide a presurgical histopathologic diagnosis of renal masses, but it is an invasive procedure and is not always feasible. Accumulating data support the use of imaging features to predict histopathology of renal masses. Imaging may help address some of the inherent limitations of RMB, and in certain settings, a multimodal clinical approach may allow decreasing the need for RMB.
AB - OBJECTIVE. Renal masses comprise a heterogeneous group of pathologic conditions, including benign and indolent diseases and aggressive malignancies, complicating management. In this article, we explore the emerging role of imaging to provide a comprehensive noninvasive characterization of a renal mass so-called "virtual biopsy" and its potential use in the management of patients with renal tumors. CONCLUSION. Percutaneous renal mass biopsy (RMB) remains a valuable method to provide a presurgical histopathologic diagnosis of renal masses, but it is an invasive procedure and is not always feasible. Accumulating data support the use of imaging features to predict histopathology of renal masses. Imaging may help address some of the inherent limitations of RMB, and in certain settings, a multimodal clinical approach may allow decreasing the need for RMB.
KW - CT
KW - MRI
KW - Renal cell carcinoma
KW - Renal mass
KW - Renal mass biopsy
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U2 - 10.2214/AJR.19.21172
DO - 10.2214/AJR.19.21172
M3 - Article
C2 - 30995092
AN - SCOPUS:85067562250
SN - 0361-803X
VL - 212
SP - 1234
EP - 1243
JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
IS - 6
ER -