Mohammad Farooque, Arshed Mehmood, Abdul Mannan.
Predictive Value In Computed Tomography In Diagnosing Stage Of Renal Tumors.
Esculapio J Services Inst Med Sci Jan ;13(2):65-8.

Objective: To determine the frequency of true positive cases in staging of renal cell carcinoma on computed tomography(CT) tacking histopathology as gold standard. Methods: 75 patients diagnosed as RCC on CT underwent nepherectomies and histopathological / radiological staging were compared. Results: The overall sensitivity of CT for diagnosing RCC was 93.33%. For T1a 100%, for T1b 51.7%, for T2 80%, for T3a 75%, for T3b 2% and for T4 100%. The sensitivity for N1 and N2 is 66.67% and 80.2% respectively. CTshowed higher stage in 43.3% cases. Conclusion: Computed tomography is still a good diagnostic modality for pre-operative staging of RCC and planning of surgery.

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