Fat-containing renal lesions

Last revised by Tariq Walizai on 22 Jun 2024

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Rezaee A, Walizai T, Di Muzio B, et al. Fat-containing renal lesions. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 03 Jul 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-38941

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https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-38941

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Article created:

12 Aug 2015, Amir Rezaee

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Last revised:

22 Jun 2024, Tariq Walizai

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Systems:

Urogenital

Sections:

Gamuts

Tags:

kidney, refs

Synonyms:

Fat containing lesion within the kidney
Fat containing lesion within the kidneys
Fat containing lesions within the kidneys
Differentials for fat containing renal lesions

There are numerous fat-containing renal lesions, including:

renal angiomyolipoma
renal cell carcinoma (often has calcifications when contains macroscopic fat)
Wilms tumour (most common paediatric renal mass)
renal oncocytoma
renal or perirenal lipoma/liposarcoma

Non-mass lesions may also occasionally contain fat:

Practical points

Fat-containing lesions in the perinephric space may also mimic a fat-containing renal lesion, including:

Fat-containing renal lesions

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