11 year old FS DSH with history of weight loss, chronic intermittent vomiting, and renal disease. Recent episode of UTI being treated with Convenia.
Abdominal US showed a slightly increased small intestinal muscularis to mucosal ratio and mildly reactive colic lymph nodes consistent with IBD or early LSA. The caudal half of the left kidney shows a hyperechoic medullary band. Color flow Doppler was negative for blood flow over the lesion.
11 year old FS DSH with history of weight loss, chronic intermittent vomiting, and renal disease. Recent episode of UTI being treated with Convenia.
Abdominal US showed a slightly increased small intestinal muscularis to mucosal ratio and mildly reactive colic lymph nodes consistent with IBD or early LSA. The caudal half of the left kidney shows a hyperechoic medullary band. Color flow Doppler was negative for blood flow over the lesion.
Just wondering how to describe this change in the kidney. Would you call this a stone or dystrophic mineralization?
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2 responses to “Renal urolithiasis vs. dystrophic mineralization”
Good question! For that one I Good question! For that one I would say calculus in renal calix, meaning high up in the “fingers” that drain in pelvis.
But I might be using the wrong term ( when I say calix). I look Forward to hear what others say.
I find dystrophic mineralization tends to be less discrete. More like specks without that much distal shadowing. Again, I might be wrong…let’s see what the experts say.
Good question! For that one I Good question! For that one I would say calculus in renal calix, meaning high up in the “fingers” that drain in pelvis.
But I might be using the wrong term ( when I say calix). I look Forward to hear what others say.
I find dystrophic mineralization tends to be less discrete. More like specks without that much distal shadowing. Again, I might be wrong…let’s see what the experts say.
2 responses to “Renal urolithiasis vs. dystrophic mineralization”
Good question! For that one I
Good question! For that one I would say calculus in renal calix, meaning high up in the “fingers” that drain in pelvis.
But I might be using the wrong term ( when I say calix). I look Forward to hear what others say.
I find dystrophic mineralization tends to be less discrete. More like specks without that much distal shadowing. Again, I might be wrong…let’s see what the experts say.
Good question! For that one I
Good question! For that one I would say calculus in renal calix, meaning high up in the “fingers” that drain in pelvis.
But I might be using the wrong term ( when I say calix). I look Forward to hear what others say.
I find dystrophic mineralization tends to be less discrete. More like specks without that much distal shadowing. Again, I might be wrong…let’s see what the experts say.