Items tagged “bosniak”
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Bosniak classification system of renal cystic masses (version 2005)
The Bosniak classification system of renal cystic masses, now known as Bosniak v2005, divides renal cystic masses into five categories based on imaging characteristics on contrast-enhanced CT, and helps predict a risk of malignancy and suggests either follow-up or treatment. An updated classific...
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Renal cyst
Renal cyst is a generic term commonly used in description of any predominantly cystic renal lesion. The majority of parenchymal cystic lesions represent benign epithelial cysts; however, malignancy such as renal cell carcinoma may also present as a cystic lesion 8.
Renal cysts are usually evalu...