Pyelonephritis echocardiography and ultrasound

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Usama Talib, BSc, MD [2]

Overview

There are no echocardiography findings associated with pyelonephritis. Ultrasonography is an effective non-invasive technique in the diagnosis of pyelonephritis. It is sometimes used as a replacement of cortical scintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis in children.

Echocardiography

There are no echocardiography findings associated with pyelonephritis

Ultrasound

The diagnosis of pyelonephritis using ultrasound may feature the following:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

In case of recurrent urinary tract infections, it can help to rule out presence of anatomical defects like polycystic kidney disease.
Emphysematous pyelonephritis: Ultrasound will present an enlarged kidney containing air filled regions within the renal parenchyma, with shadowing shown posterior to the defect. It might not be as helpful in detecting the depth of involvement and stones can also show posterior shadowing.
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: Ultrasound shows the inflammatory mass, with central shadowing depicting renal calculi.

Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis USG. Source:Radiopedia^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Radiopaedia.org. Case courtesy of Dr Ian Bickle, <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/“>Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/cases/20872“>rID: 20872
↑ Fowler JE, Perkins T (1994). “Presentation, diagnosis and treatment of renal abscesses: 1972-1988”. J Urol. 151 (4): 847–51. PMID 8126807.
↑ 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.

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[https://radiopaedia.org/-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Radiopaedia.org. Case courtesy of Dr Ian Bickle, <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/“>Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/cases/20872“>rID: 20872

[pmid8126807-2] Fowler JE, Perkins T (1994). “Presentation, diagnosis and treatment of renal abscesses: 1972-1988”. J Urol. 151 (4): 847–51. PMID 8126807.

[pmid21292654-3] 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.

[pmid12848478-4] Kawashima A, LeRoy AJ (2003). “Radiologic evaluation of patients with renal infections”. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 17 (2): 433–56. PMID 12848478.

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Pyelonephritis echocardiography and ultrasound

Overview

Echocardiography

Ultrasound

References

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