Persistent wedge-shaped low-density lesions on computed tomography of the kidneys without infarction.
A patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who developed acute renal failure, was imaged by computed tomography (CT). Persistent wedge-shaped areas of low attenuation in the kidneys were shown by sequential scans but not areas of infarction were found at autopsy. This case suggests that a wedge-shaped low-density lesion on CT may occur not only in infarcted areas, but also in areas where patchy vasoconstriction occurs.
Sakemi
T
T
Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Japan.
Kudo
S
S
Nagano
Y
Y
Kiyama
S
S
Shimamoto
Y
Y
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed