Errors in Angiographic Diagnosis of Renal Masses

摘要: THE PLACE of renal arteriography in theT diagnosis and management patients with suspected masses has been the subject controversy since dos Santos introduced translumbar aortography 1929 (1). Errors were made, however, differentiating cysts from neoplasms (2–4). The kidney might be overlapped by extrarenal arteries, contrast medium diluted to such an extent as limit vascular details. Many physicians believed that all urographic evidence suggesting neoplasm should undergo surgical exploration angiography was unnecessary. advent selective technic prompted a reappraisal role lesions. As experience this new method increased, it became evident angiographic appearances adenomas, hamartomas, inflammatory processes confused those malignant tumors, renal-cell carcinoma mistakenly diagnosed a...