Justine N van der Beek, Tom A Watson, Rutger A J Nievelstein, Hervé J Brisse, Carlo Morosi, Henrique M Lederman, Ana Coma, Maria M Gavra, Kristina Vult von Steyern, Karoly Lakatos, Luc Breysem, Edit Varga, Hubert Ducou Le Pointe, Maarten H Lequin, Jürgen F Schäfer, Hans-Joachim Mentzel, Andreas M Hötker, Giuseppina Calareso, Sophie Swinson, Martin Kyncl, Claudio Granata, Michael Aertsen, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Ronald R de Krijger, Norbert Graf, Øystein E Olsen, Jens-Peter Schenk, Marry M van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Annemieke S Littooij
BACKGROUND: The SIOP-Renal Tumor Study Group (RTSG) does not advocate invasive procedures to determine histology before the start of therapy. This may induce misdiagnosis-based treatment initiation, but only for a relatively small percentage of approximately 10% of non-Wilms tumors (non-WTs). MRI could be useful for reducing misdiagnosis, but there is no global consensus on differentiating characteristics. PURPOSE: To identify MRI characteristics that may be used for discrimination of newly diagnosed pediatric renal tumors...
February 2022: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: JMRI