CEUS utility in the diagnosis of a stage I renal cancer developed on polycystic kidney. A case report

Med Ultrason. 2023 Dec 27;25(4):466-468. doi: 10.11152/mu-3889.

Abstract

We present the case of a 49-year-old patient with polycystic kidney disease in which, in the pre-transplant CT-scan evaluation, a Bosniak III cyst was found in the left kidney. After contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) examination the cyst wasinterpreted as a Bosniak IV malignant cyst and surgical resection of the kidney was realised. The pathology report showed papillary renal cell carcinoma. This case report emphasizes the role of CEUS in polycystic kidney disease examination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / complications
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / diagnostic imaging
  • Contrast Media
  • Cysts* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / complications
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases* / complications
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases* / pathology
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Contrast Media