Radiation Diagnosis of the Right Kidney Calyx Diverticulum Complicated by Urolithiasis (clinical case report)

Abstract

Renal calyx diverticulum is a cystic cavity located within the kidney, lined with transitional epithelium from the inside and communicating with the calyx or with the renal pelvis through a narrow neck. Renal calyx diverticulum is a congenital pathology of the kidney, diagnosed mainly by ultrasound, computer or magnetic resonance imaging of the abdominal organs, kidneys and the retroperitoneal space. The purpose of this work was to demonstrate a case from the clinical practice of primary radiation diagnosis and differentiation of diverticulum of the right kidney calyx complicated by urolithiasis in a young woman of reproductive age. Subsequently, a successful surgical excision of the kidney calyx diverticulum was performed. The presented clinical example confirms that the use of modern methods of radiation diagnostics (ultrasound, native and intravenous contrast computed tomography) and implementation of a diagnostic algorithm for suspected diverticula of the renal calyx against the background of urolithiasis made it possible to avoid errors and contributed to the successful recuperation of the patient.