Sonographic findings in renal parenchymal malacoplakia.
Malacoplakia of the kidney is a rare inflammatory disorder. We describe a case of bilateral renal malacoplakia in which the patient had diffuse involvement of the left kidney and a focal lesion in the right kidney. Sonography showed a diffusely echogenic, enlarged left kidney with loss of corticomedullary differentiation and a single anechoic lesion measuring 1.8 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm in the right kidney. A left nephrectomy was performed, and the right kidney was managed conservatively with sonographic monitoring.
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, India.
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Venkatesh
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Mehrotra
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Gujral
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008287:Malacoplakia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014463:Ultrasonography