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  1. Article ; Online: Imaging Characterization of Renal Masses

    Carlos Nicolau / Natalie Antunes / Blanca Paño / Carmen Sebastia

    Medicina, Vol 57, Iss 51, p

    2021  Volume 51

    Abstract: The detection of a renal mass is a relatively frequent occurrence in the daily practice of any Radiology Department. The diagnostic approaches depend on whether the lesion is cystic or solid. Cystic lesions can be managed using the Bosniak classification, ...

    Abstract The detection of a renal mass is a relatively frequent occurrence in the daily practice of any Radiology Department. The diagnostic approaches depend on whether the lesion is cystic or solid. Cystic lesions can be managed using the Bosniak classification, while management of solid lesions depends on whether the lesion is well-defined or infiltrative. The approach to well-defined lesions focuses mainly on the differentiation between renal cancer and benign tumors such as angiomyolipoma (AML) and oncocytoma. Differential diagnosis of infiltrative lesions is wider, including primary and secondary malignancies and inflammatory disease, and knowledge of the patient history is essential. Radiologists may establish a possible differential diagnosis based on the imaging features of the renal masses and the clinical history. The aim of this review is to present the contribution of the different imaging techniques and image guided biopsies in the diagnostic management of cystic and solid renal lesions.
    Keywords renal mass ; renal cyst ; renal cell carcinoma ; ultrasound ; computed tomography (CT) ; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ; Medicine (General) ; R5-920
    Subject code 616
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article ; Online: Ovarian carcinoma in patients with BRCA mutation - a correlation between the growing pattern of peritoneal implants evaluated by CT/MRI and the genotype BRCA1 and BRCA2

    Ana Catarina Vieira / Natalie Antunes / Eduarda Damasceno / Madalena Ramalho / Susana Esteves / Fátima Vaz / Ana Félix / Teresa Margarida Cunha

    The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vol 51, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2020  Volume 8

    Abstract: Abstract Background Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer. The risk of developing ovarian cancer is significantly increased in patients that carry a genetic mutation of tumor suppressor gene BRCA1 or BRCA2. The majority of ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Background Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer. The risk of developing ovarian cancer is significantly increased in patients that carry a genetic mutation of tumor suppressor gene BRCA1 or BRCA2. The majority of BRCA-associated ovarian/fallopian tube cancers are high-grade serous carcinomas (HGSC). The recognition of patterns of disease is crucial to identify distinctive imaging features that could be useful for predicting prognosis and therapeutic response. Results An institutional review board-approved retrospective study was performed and included 34patients (23 BRCA-mutated and 11 BRCA wild-type) with HGSC FIGO III/IV who underwent pre-operative or pre-chemotherapy contrast-enhanced CT/MRI of the abdomen and pelvis between January 2003 and December 2017. Three radiologists independently reviewed the imaging studies and looked for qualitative features of the primary tumor and peritoneal metastases (nodular versus infiltrative pattern). Two pathologists also assessed the histopathologic characteristics of the surgical specimens, with emphasis on the growth pattern of metastatic deposits (expansive/nodular and infiltrative) and inflammatory infiltrate (intra- and/or peritumoral). No significant associations were found between the different groups of patients (BRCA1-mutant HGSC, BRCA2-mutant HGSC. and BRCA wild-type) and CT/MRI features of ovarian tumors, morphology of peritoneal metastasis, and pathologic characteristics. Conclusion Identification of specific imaging and pathologic features is important to pursue an optimal personalized cancer treatment strategy and to develop precision medicine in the future.
    Keywords Cancer ; Ovary ; High-grade serous carcinoma ; Peritoneal metastases ; BRCA1 ; BRCA2 ; Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine ; R895-920
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher SpringerOpen
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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