Using Specialised Imaging to Differentiate Incidentally Found Renal Masses

What is the purpose of this study? The purpose is to investigate the possible role of specialised imaging called Sestamibi SEPC/CT in the diagnosis of renal masses. Who is it for? You are eligible to participate in this study if you are an adult that has had a renal mass detected and are scheduled to undergo a renal biopsy in the near future. Study details All willing and suitable participants will undergo specialised imaging involving a scan that takes approximately 45 minutes. The results of the imaging study will be compared with the results of the renal biopsy to be arranged as per normal by the patients urologist. If proven to be effective in its ability to differentiate renal oncocytomas from renal cell carcinoma the sestamibi imaging technique could be more frequently used in the standard investigation of renal masses detected on abdominal imaging. In doing so the number of invasive renal biopsies may decline.