Pyramidal hyperechogenicity in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease resembling medullary nephrocalcinosis.
Striking pyramidal hyperechogenicity resembling the sonographic appearance of medullary nephrocalcinosis was found in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD). This sonographic pattern is distinctly different from those described previously in ARPKD.
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Mallinchrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Siegel
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009397:Nephrocalcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D014463:Ultrasonography