Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 5 , Pages 517-522 , May 2009

Renal oncocytoma: CT features cannot reliably distinguish oncocytoma from other renal neoplasms

  • S. Choudhary

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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  • A. Rajesh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: A. Rajesh, Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK. Tel.: +44 116 2584528; fax: +44 116 2584525.
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  • N.J. Mayer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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  • K.A. Mulcahy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
    • ,
  • A. Haroon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK

Received 21 July 2008 ,Revised 4 December 2008 ,Accepted 15 December 2008.

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PII: S0009-9260(09)00052-X

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.12.011

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 5 , Pages 517-522 , May 2009

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