title: Acute lobar nephronia: value of unique magnetic resonance imaging findings in diagnosis and management.
abstract: Acute lobar nephronia (ALN) as a focal form of acute renal bacterial infection is a fairly rare entity. Although the treatment approaches differ considerably, ALN is clinically indistinguishable from renal abscess. Therefore, urinary imaging studies play a crucial role in accurate diagnosis and follow-up. Renal ultrasonography and computed tomography imaging findings have previously been reported; herein for the first time in the English-language literature, we report a case of a 5-year-old girl with ALN whose diagnosis was based upon magnetic resonance imaging findings.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey. ggulkoc@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kenan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.forename: Gonca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koç
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yel
authors.forename: İsmail
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doğanay
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents