Renal abscess: report of a case with sonographic, urographic and CT evaluation.
The appearance of a renal abscess on realtime-ultrasound, excretion urography and computed tomography is presented of an operatively and histologically proven case. An unusually hyperdense rim of the lesion is observed on native CT-scan. Knowledge of clinical symptoms is most important for correct interpretation of diagnostic imaging techniques.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014567:Urography