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Renal abscess (E.coli)
M Uhl. Renal abscess (E.coli). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 4.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020404174345
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| | Author/s: | M. Uhl (Freiburg) | |
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| | Age: | 15 Years | |
| | Gender: | Female | |
| | Region-Organ: | Abdomen-Renals | |
| | Most likely etiology: | inflammatory or infectious | |
| | History: | 15 year-old girl with fever, pyuria, leucocyturia, bacteruria in mid-stream urine (E. coli). | |
| | Pathomorphology or Pathophysiology of this disease : | 85% of all UTIs in girls are E. coli. Most ascending infections, abscess is a complication of a pyelonephritis.
Surgery (emergency) with drainage: creamy pus with E. coli. | |
| | Radiological findings: |
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Ultrasound1: Mass without echos in the right kidney, measuring 4 x 4 cm.
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MRI 1: Gradientenecho T1 (FLASH) with contrast, coronal. Liquid mass, softly marcated, no contrast uptake. No urinary problems.
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MRI 2: Turbospinecho T2 coronal.
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MRI 3: Turbospinecho T2 transversal :A small fluid level can be seen. The signal is not urine isointense in T1 and T2, so there is no clear cyst or urinoma.
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| | Diagnosis confirmation: | Surgery / Histo | |
| | Which DD would be also possible with the radiological findings: | Complicated kidney cyst with increased protein content. | |
| | Course / Prognosis / Frequency / Other : | N/A | |
| | Comments of the author about the case: | N/A | |
| | First description / History: | N/A | |
| | Literature: | N/A | |
| | Keywords: | Renal abscess, E.coli, renal, abscess, renal infection, Escherichia coli, kidney infection, fever, pyuria, leucocyturia, bacteruria, child, childhood, pediatric radiology | |
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URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020404174345
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URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020404174345
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Renal abscess (E.coli)
M Uhl. Renal abscess (E.coli). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 4.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020404174345
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