Residency Essentials: Renal masses (AML, RCC, cysts, abcess)

Renal Masses (RCC, AML, cysts, abscesses)

To provide foundational knowledge for the management of renal masses, including benign and malignant neoplasms of the kidney, renal cysts, and abscesses.

Expected completion time: 4 hours 

Learning Objectives

  • Appreciate the role of, and surgical alternatives to, percutaneous ablation in the management of renal cell carcinoma
  • Obtain a working knowledge of the relative strengths and weaknesses of different thermal ablation modalities as well as strategies for protecting adjacent critical structures.
  • Understand the role and limitations of renal artery embolization in the management of angiomyolipomas, including factors influencing treatment failure.
  • Review the pre- and posttreatment management of patients presenting with renal masses, including the role of biopsy and most common complications
  • Understand the role of image-guided therapy in the management of renal cystic disease and abscesses.
Course summary
Course opens: 
07/01/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2030
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Residency Essentials Clinical Topic: GU

Course Developers: 

  • Spencer Workman, MD- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Ryan Muller, MD- Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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