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Pyelonephritis MRI
Introduction
Overview
Overview
MRI is sometimes used to diagnose complicated pyelonephritis. It is the preferred modality for diagnosing complicated pyelonephritis when the patient is allergic to iodinated contrast material. A comprehensive idea of the extent of damage to the kidneys can be estimated with an MRI.
MRI
MRI
In a patient with pyelonephritis the MRI may demonstrate stag horn calculi.[1][2][3]
References
References
- ↑ Gupta K, Hooton TM, Naber KG, Wullt B, Colgan R, Miller LG; et al. (2011). “International clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis and pyelonephritis in women: A 2010 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the European Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases”. Clin Infect Dis. 52 (5): e103–20. doi:10.1093/cid/ciq257. PMID 21292654.
- ↑ Kawashima A, LeRoy AJ (2003). “Radiologic evaluation of patients with renal infections”. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 17 (2): 433–56. PMID 12848478.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Radiopaedia.org. Case courtesy of A.Prof Frank Gaillard, <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/“>Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/cases/9931“>rID: 9931
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