Preferred Label : thick wall sign;
Definition : Lucent renal mass with a thick opaque border. Suggest mass is not benign cyst; typically,
mass is a necrotic avascular carcinoma, but may also be benign tumor, perirenal necrotic
abcess, or infected cyst.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35625;
Associated condition(s)
Lucent renal mass with a thick opaque border. Suggest mass is not benign cyst; typically,
mass is a necrotic avascular carcinoma, but may also be benign tumor, perirenal necrotic
abcess, or infected cyst.
