{"title":"MR appearance of the pseudocapsule of renal cell carcinoma and its pathologic basis.","authors":"S Q Huang, S S Zou, Q L Huang","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The pseudocapsule of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) appears as a low-intensity band or rim on magnetic resonance (MR) images. The frequency of its appearance differed on T1- and T2-weighted images. In our group of 19 RCC (in 18 patients), it appeared on 26.3% of T1-weighted images and on 57% of T2-weighted images. The pathology of the pseudocapsule on MR is its thickness and composition. On T1-weighted images, the appearance of the pseudocapsule is mainly related to the fibrous element, and on T2-weighted images to the fibrous element and compressed renal parenchyma.</p>","PeriodicalId":76784,"journal":{"name":"Urologic radiology","volume":"13 3","pages":"158-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Urologic radiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The pseudocapsule of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) appears as a low-intensity band or rim on magnetic resonance (MR) images. The frequency of its appearance differed on T1- and T2-weighted images. In our group of 19 RCC (in 18 patients), it appeared on 26.3% of T1-weighted images and on 57% of T2-weighted images. The pathology of the pseudocapsule on MR is its thickness and composition. On T1-weighted images, the appearance of the pseudocapsule is mainly related to the fibrous element, and on T2-weighted images to the fibrous element and compressed renal parenchyma.