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• Case Report •
Bilateral primary renal cell carcinomas of distinct histologic subtypes: CT and MRI findings with a case report and literature review
ZHANG Qi  LIU Jianqiang  HAN Sitong  ZHAO Jianhong 

Cite this article as: ZHANG Q, LIU J Q, HAN S T, et al. Bilateral primary renal cell carcinomas of distinct histologic subtypes: CT and MRI findings with a case report and literature review[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2026, 17(9): 172-174, 182. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2026.09.022.


[Keywords] bilateral renal cell carcinoma；pathological subtypes；computed tomography urography；magnetic resonance imaging；treatment

ZHANG Qi1, 2, 3, 4   LIU Jianqiang1, 2, 3, 4   HAN Sitong1, 2, 3, 4   ZHAO Jianhong1, 2, 3, 4*  

1 Department of Radiology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 730030, China

2 Second Clinical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730030, China

3 Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730030, China

4 Gansu Medical Imaging Science Data Center, Lanzhou 730030, China

Corresponding author: ZHAO J H, E-mail: zhaojh@lzu.edu.cn

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2026-06-29
Accepted  2026-08-18
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2026.09.022
Cite this article as: ZHANG Q, LIU J Q, HAN S T, et al. Bilateral primary renal cell carcinomas of distinct histologic subtypes: CT and MRI findings with a case report and literature review[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2026, 17(9): 172-174, 182. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2026.09.022.

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