A 64-year-old man is admitted to the hospital for the assessment of hematuria after being involved in a motor vehicle accident. His physical examination is normal. A CT scan of the abdomen is shown in Figure below. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
The diagnosis is renal cell carcinoma. There is marked hypervascularity of the left kidney. The arteries are irregular and tortuous, following a random distribution. The kidney is enlarged and abnormally bulbous in the lower pole. CT scans have dramatically decreased the need for arteriography in evaluating renal lesions.
renal cell carcinoma
kidney contusion and laceration
transitional cell carcinoma
renal hamartoma
Oncology