Kidney mass detected on ultrasound doubles in size over nine months Imaging was ordered when the patient's clinician could not palpate her ovaries. Ms. M, aged 64 years, was referred to our clinic ...

A medical student in New York volunteered in class to have an ultrasound, which showed a large mass on her right kidney. Aria ...

First-year medical student Aria Moreno volunteered to get an ultrasound during her class, which revealed she had a large mass ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is more accurate and reliable than MRI for examining certain liver and kidney nodules, according to two new studies published in the ...

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is emerging as a pivotal imaging modality in the evaluation of renal masses. By utilising microbubble contrast agents, CEUS allows real-time assessment of tissue ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Doctors are finding that contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is so effective in imaging kidney masses in patients with polycystic kidney disease that “they go right to CEUS ...

What motivated you to write the Nature Reviews Urology article? Dr. Crispen: There are still large knowledge gaps regarding the active surveillance of renal masses. The reviewed article by Parker et ...

Minimally invasive, nephron-sparing surgical approaches are considered the gold standard for management of small renal masses. But what about patients who are interested in avoiding treatment; ...

The growth rates of small renal masses (SRMs) are highly variable early on during active surveillance, especially in the first 6 to 12 months, but this decreases with time and does not portend death ...

The CMS decision to cover renal denervation for uncontrolled hypertension may help overcome current hesitation about use of ...

The multidisciplinary panel thought the tumor’s proximity to the liver made it a bad candidate for percutaneous cryoablation therapy. A hand-assisted laparoscopic right partial nephrectomy was ...