title: Milk-of-calcium hydronephrosis in patients with paraplegia and urinary-enteric diversion: CT demonstration.
abstract: The CT demonstration of milk of calcium occurring in hydronephrosis is described in four patients each of whom had a urinary-enteric diversion because of paraplegia. In each case CT showed a fluid-fluid interface of urine over milk of calcium in a dilated urinary collecting system. This condition cannot be definitively diagnosed from enhanced scans since a contrast-urine level may have a similar appearance. The incidence of milk-of-calcium hydronephrosis may be underestimated, as the density of the milk of calcium is often insufficient for the condition to be detected by plain radiography.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D013535:Suspensions; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D014547:Urinary Diversion
chemical_list: D013535:Suspensions; D002118:Calcium