Gross hematuria: Renal cell carcinoma mimicking a renal arteriovenous malformation
The differential diagnosis between renal arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and cancer may be a challenge, due to the similar clinical and imaging findings. Herein, we report the case of an 80-year-old male patient presenting gross hematuria, initially diagnosed and treated with embolization for a re...
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| author | Rosita Comune, MD Francesca Grassi, MD Stefano Giusto Picchi, MD Fiore De Simone, MD Giuseppe Sarti, MD Claudio Giardina, MD Michele Galluzzo, MD Mariano Scaglione, PROF-MD Stefania Tamburrini, MD |
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| description | The differential diagnosis between renal arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and cancer may be a challenge, due to the similar clinical and imaging findings. Herein, we report the case of an 80-year-old male patient presenting gross hematuria, initially diagnosed and treated with embolization for a renal AVM. Due to the recurrence of hematuria and rapid progression and changes of the vascular lesion with detection also of an intralesional solid nodule, a radical nephrectomy was performed revealing the presence of a renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Renal cell carcinoma and renal AVM can be difficult to differentiate from one another, for this reason a short-term follow-up should be carried out in patients diagnosed and treated for renal AVM to confirm the resolution of AVM or to assess any changes, such as atypical neovascularization or intralesional renal masses, which may increase the suspect of a hidden renal tumor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7407993a11644ff8f71d07c318e6cda2024-03-11T04:10:46ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332024-06-0119621302134Gross hematuria: Renal cell carcinoma mimicking a renal arteriovenous malformationRosita Comune, MD0Francesca Grassi, MD1Stefano Giusto Picchi, MD2Fiore De Simone, MD3Giuseppe Sarti, MD4Claudio Giardina, MD5Michele Galluzzo, MD6Mariano Scaglione, PROF-MD7Stefania Tamburrini, MD8Division of Radiology, ''Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli'', Naples, Italy; Corresponding author.Division of Radiology, ''Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli'', Naples, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro, Naples, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro, Naples, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro, Naples, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, ASP of Messina-Hospital of Taormina, (ME), ItalyDepartment of Emergency Radiology, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; Department of Radiology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UKDepartment of Radiology, Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro, Naples, ItalyThe differential diagnosis between renal arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and cancer may be a challenge, due to the similar clinical and imaging findings. Herein, we report the case of an 80-year-old male patient presenting gross hematuria, initially diagnosed and treated with embolization for a renal AVM. Due to the recurrence of hematuria and rapid progression and changes of the vascular lesion with detection also of an intralesional solid nodule, a radical nephrectomy was performed revealing the presence of a renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Renal cell carcinoma and renal AVM can be difficult to differentiate from one another, for this reason a short-term follow-up should be carried out in patients diagnosed and treated for renal AVM to confirm the resolution of AVM or to assess any changes, such as atypical neovascularization or intralesional renal masses, which may increase the suspect of a hidden renal tumor.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043324001262Arteriovenous malformationRenal cell carcinomaAVMMimicking cancer |
| spellingShingle | Rosita Comune, MD Francesca Grassi, MD Stefano Giusto Picchi, MD Fiore De Simone, MD Giuseppe Sarti, MD Claudio Giardina, MD Michele Galluzzo, MD Mariano Scaglione, PROF-MD Stefania Tamburrini, MD Gross hematuria: Renal cell carcinoma mimicking a renal arteriovenous malformation Radiology Case Reports Arteriovenous malformation Renal cell carcinoma AVM Mimicking cancer |
| title | Gross hematuria: Renal cell carcinoma mimicking a renal arteriovenous malformation |
| title_full | Gross hematuria: Renal cell carcinoma mimicking a renal arteriovenous malformation |
| title_fullStr | Gross hematuria: Renal cell carcinoma mimicking a renal arteriovenous malformation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gross hematuria: Renal cell carcinoma mimicking a renal arteriovenous malformation |
| title_short | Gross hematuria: Renal cell carcinoma mimicking a renal arteriovenous malformation |
| title_sort | gross hematuria renal cell carcinoma mimicking a renal arteriovenous malformation |
| topic | Arteriovenous malformation Renal cell carcinoma AVM Mimicking cancer |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043324001262 |
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