Renal cancer is the seventh most common cancer in the UK. The majority of these are picked up incidentally when patients have scans for other symptoms. By the time patients have typical symptoms of renal cancer, such as abdominal pain or haematuria, the tumour may be quite advanced.
Dr Salil Karkhanis
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Due to the increased widespread use of cross-sectional imaging, there has been a surge in the discovery of incidental renal masses. Some of these lesions can be difficult to characterise and up to 20% of small (
Dr John Spillane, Dr Paul Carruthers, Dr Paul McCoubrie
Southmead Hospital
Renal ultrasound is a frequently used examination and serves as an essential tool in diagnosing common and complex renal pathologies. Over the past few decades it has also served as a guide to invasive renal procedures. High quality affordable and portable scanners have given ultrasound a pivotal role in day-to-day management of patients. With increasing […]
Dr A Khan, Dr S Burbidge
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the seventh most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 3% of all new cases. The increased incidence in the population is largely due to the greater usage of imaging to investigate patients and also partly due to true increased incidence as a result of smoking, obesity and hypertension.
Dr Atif Khan, Professor Dr Tze Min Wah
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is among the ten most common tumours in men and women. Evolution of imaging modalities, accompanied by extensive screening and imaging surveillance for other diseases, has led to an increased number of small renal tumours being detected incidentally at earlier stages. More than 80% of small renal masses (SRM) are proven […]
Dr Konstantinos Katsanos, Dr Shahzad Ilyas, Professor Andreas Adam
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
In many ways the imaging of paediatric renal disease is not dissimilar to that in adults. After all, a kidney is a kidney. But in many ways it’s different too. While the core modalities of ultrasound, fluoroscopy, MR, CT and nuclear medicine are used across the age spectrum from the cradle to the grave, the […]
Dr Melanie Hiorns
Great Ormond Street Hospital
The superior mesenteric artery (SMA) originates from the anterior aspect of the abdominal aorta, just below the celiac trunk at the level of the L1 vertebra. Normally, the SMA is surrounded by fat and lymphatic tissues which provide a cushion between it and its surrounding structures. The mesenteric fat pad between the SMA and aorta […]
Dr Bilal Amin Sethi
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Renal calculi are predominantly a western affliction with a prevalence of 1 in 1,000. They have a higher lifetime incidence in men with a male to female ratio of 3:1. A family history of renal stones increases the risk threefold. They generally present in the third to fifth decades of life. 12% of the population […]
Dr Davinia Ryan, Dr John Feeney
Tallaght Hospital