Clinics in diagnostic imaging (97). Right renal tuberculous autonephrectomy.
A 50-year-old man presented with recurrent episodes of right flank pain and dysuria for many years. Abdominal radiograph and intravenous urography showed extensive right renal parenchymal calcification in a lobar distribution and a non-functioning right kidney, characteristic of end-stage tuberculosis. The pathology, clinical manifestations, and radiological findings of renal tuberculosis are discussed.
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Department of Radiology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand. mmuttara@med.cmu.ac.th
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D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014398:Tuberculosis, Renal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*