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Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... causes of flank ... causes of obstruction ... with surgical access ... #Renal #Kidney
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Causes of Cystic ... Renal Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Carcinoma - Abscess ... - Fever and leukocytosis
Pyonephrosis with large renal calculus on POCUS
Acute left flank pain with nausea and vomiting. What's the
flank pain with nausea ... and vomiting. ... What's the diagnosis ... #renal #ultrasound ... hydronephrosis #kidney
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
physician could assess ... • Urinary casts ... used with normal renal ... Acute Kidney Injury ... leucocyte-esterase #urine #UNa #casts
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
hydronephrosis/stone/abscess ... LFTs normal Diagnosed ... , and left renal ... may be a cause ... #clinical #ultrasound
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Caused by splanchnic ... perfusion + ↑ renal ... Bland urine (no casts ... ultrasound ... essential in all cases