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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possible role of CDFI in identifying malignant renal tumor thrombus in the renal vein or the IVC. This study involved 24 tumors in 23 patients, including 19 renal cell carcinomas, four Wilms' tumors, and one rhabdoid tumor. CDFI had an overall sensitivity of 95% in predicting combined renal vein and IVC tumor involvement but was more sensitive in the renal vein alone (100%) than in the IVC alone (89%). Specificity of CDFI was nearly equal for both renal vein and IVC thrombus at 85%. The main limitation of CDFI was its inability to predict venous tumor extension in large or bulky tumors. We would recommend CDFI as a method of detecting renal vein or IVC thrombus at the time of initial real-time sonographic detection of tumor. When CT or MR imaging is equivocal, CDFI may be used to predict tumor thrombus in the renal vein or IVC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0278-4297
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
403-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Blood Flow Velocity, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Carcinoma, Renal Cell, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-False Positive Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Kidney Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Renal Veins, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Rhabdomyoma, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Thrombosis, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Vena Cava, Inferior, pubmed-meshheading:8394940-Wilms Tumor
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Color flow sonographic mapping of intravascular extension of malignant renal tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article