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. 2018 Feb 6;91(1084):20170533. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20170533

Table 2.

Fat-containing renal masses on CT: imaging clues

Classic AML RCC with macroscopic fat Oncocytoma with perinephric fat extension
Tumour size Variable Variable but often large in RCCs with perinephric fat engulfment Variable
Calcification − (Rare) + ±
Intratumoral aneurysm +
Cystic/necrotic change − (Rare) + ±
Hypervascular mass + + +
Central scar +
Vascular invasion − (Rare) + − (Rare)
Distant metastasis +

Note: AML, angiomyolipoma; RCC, renal cell carcinoma.