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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 ... scan) when an ultrasound ... #Renal #Kidney
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
Types of Renal Calculi ... >2000 mg/day) Cystine ... amino acids in kidney ... stones #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Causes of Cystic ... Renal Mass - Differential ... of infection - Renal ... Abscess - Fever and ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... Family history, ultrasound ... • Medullary cystic ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Causes of Hematuria ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Renal: ... - Structural - Cysts ... Medullary sponge kidney
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... , and Postrenal ... Urinary calculi ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Pyonephrosis with large renal calculus on POCUS
Acute left flank pain with nausea and vomiting. What's the
flank pain with nausea ... and vomiting. ... calculus. ... #renal #ultrasound ... hydronephrosis #kidney
Renal Abscess on POCUS
Left flank pain. On ABX Day 5 for pyelo. She has hx of
cyst? ... Differential would ... cyst, renal cell ... #Abscess #kidney ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
Metabolic Causes ... of Kidney Stones ... Hyperoxaluria • Cystine ... Dent's disease, AD ... pediatrics #nephrology #differential
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
, and left renal ... may be a cause ... occasionally may cause ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... #ultrasound