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Can ultrasound differentiate fat ball and tumor in kidney?
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Maybe: "fat ball" is the familiar angiomyolipoma. A lipid-laden renal cell carcinoma may mimic it. Ask your physician about the radiologist's level of confidence and whether to obtain tissue for study.
Answered 1/19/2014
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