Sonographic demonstration of thickened renal pelvic mucosa/submucosa in mixed Candida infection

Sonographic Measurement of Renal Pelvis Wall Thickness as Diagnostic Criterion for Acute Pyelonephritis in Adults

“…Avni and colleagues were the first to report the sonographic thickening of the pelvic wall to be of diagnostic value in the clinical setting of APN [23]. Other study groups, however, have subsequently already demonstrated the non-specificity of this diagnostic sonographic parameter [14,24,25], as it may also be encountered in ureteral obstruction, acute tubular necrosis, acute rejection of allografts, HIV-associated nephropathy [26] or candidiasis [27]. Our study results confirm these studies.…”

Successful conservative treatment of severe renal candidosis with fungus balls

“…2) [6]. In this respect, sonography appears to be a more-sensitive diagnostic tool than other imaging techniques [6,7,9,15]. Our report confirms this, as the multiple fungal masses were detected neither by subsequent MRI/CT nor by DMSA scintigraphy.…”