ARRS Case of the Week

GENITOURINARY IMAGING: Kidney

Case Author: Courtney Coursey Moreno, MD, Emory University School of Medicine

History

44-year-old woman with pain.

Imaging Findings

T2-weighted MR image without fat saturation (A) shows numerous rounded primarily hyperintense structures within the liver. T2-weighted image without fat saturation (B) shows numerous rounded primarily hyperintense structures in the right and left renal fossae. Some of the structures also have intermediate and low signal intensity. T2-weighted image without fat saturation (C) shows a left pelvic mass composed of multiple primarily hyperintense rounded structures and intermediate- and low-signal-intensity structures. Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted fat-saturated MR image (D) through the level of the renal fossae shows corresponding rounded areas of low and high signal intensity.

 

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