Editorial comment on: Ultrasound-guided biopsy of homogenous solid renal masses.

摘要

Currently, most solid kidney tumours are still managed without preoperative diagnosis because it is supposed that most of them are uniformly malignant. But nowadays it is admitted that there are different histologic types of malignant renal tumours and that benign tumours are not exceptional . Preoperative diagnosis of solid renal masses allows clinicians to tailor the treatment to the histologic type.