2016
DOI: 10.1007/s13730-016-0236-z
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Serial sonographic findings during progression from acute pyelonephritis to renal abscess: a rare case report

Abstract: Renal abscess, accumulation of infective fluid in the kidney, is a rare pathology. Currently, no reports of the serial imaging changes of acute pyelonephritis (APN) progressing to renal abscess exist. We report clinical and serial sonographic findings of a patient with hyper-immunoglobulin E syndrome, a primary immunodeficiency, who developed APN that progressed to renal abscess. Renal ultrasonography revealed that echogenicity of infectious lesions dramatically changed from isoechoic to hyperechoic and to hyp… Show more

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