Using MR Angiography for Surgical Planning in Pelvic Kidney Renal Cell Carcinoma
Mehmet Kocak1,
Gary S. Sudakoff2,
Scott Erickson1,
Frank Begun3 and
Milton Datta4
1
Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital,
Milwaukee, WI 53226.
2
Department of Radiology, Rm. 2803, Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert
Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53226.
3
Department of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital,
Milwaukee, WI 53226.
4
Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital,
Milwaukee, WI 53226.

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Fig. 1A. 25-year-old woman with 2-month history of pelvic pain.
Contrast-enhanced axial CT scan of pelvis shows left pelvic kidney (white
arrows) with hypoattenuating mass (black arrows) displacing
renal collection system. Biopsy of mass revealed renal cell carcinoma.
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Fig. 1B. 25-year-old woman with 2-month history of pelvic pain.
Multiplanar volume reformatted, coronal MR angiogram viewed anteriorly shows
vascular supply to pelvic kidney and to lower pole renal mass. RCIA = right
common iliac artery, LCIA = left common iliac artery, LEIA = left external
iliac artery, LIIA = left internal iliac artery.
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Fig. 1C. 25-year-old woman with 2-month history of pelvic pain. Volume
rendering coronal MR angiogram, viewed posteriorly, shows vascular supply to
left lower pole renal mass. RCIA = right common iliac artery, LCIA = left
common iliac artery, LEIA = left external iliac artery, LIIA = left internal
iliac artery, REIA = right external iliac artery.
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