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We describe a case of clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the kidney with CT evidence of fat that contradicts the rule that radiologically demonstrable fat is absent in renal carcinoma. The cyst-like appearance, egg-shell parietal calcifications, and extrarenal development of the mass suggested a preoperatively incorrect diagnosis of teratoma.
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Castoldi, M.C., Dellafiore, L., Renne, G. et al. CT demonstration of liquid intratumoral fat layering in a necrotic renal cell carcinoma. Abdom Imaging 20, 483–485 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01213279
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