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Research Article| Volume 7, ISSUE 2, P199-207, May 1983

Computed tomography in detection of occult hypernephroma

  • Bharat Raval
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    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital and University of Western Ontario,London, Ontario, Canada
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  • Neela Lamki
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    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital and University of Western Ontario,London, Ontario, Canada
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0149-936X(83)90047-4
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      Abstract

      Five cases in which computed tomography (CT) detected a hypernephroma that had been missed by one or more of the other imaging modalities are reported here. Computed tomography may have an important role in the diagnosis of radiologically occult hypernephroma.

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      ☆Presented in part at the XVth International Congress of Radiology, Brussels, 1981.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0149-936X(83)90047-4

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      © 1983 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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