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Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Calculus AXR ... to identify non-calculus ... Useful for non-calculus ... #Renal #Kidney ... #stones #calculus
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
Types of Renal Calculi ... amino acids in kidney ... heart failure #Calculi ... #diagnosis #causes ... #calculus
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Renal: - Glomerular ... or other tumor, Calculi ... Medullary sponge kidney ... - Malignancy, Calculi ... Schistomiasis, Malignancy, Calculi
Pyonephrosis with large renal calculus on POCUS
Acute left flank pain with nausea and vomiting. What's the
calculus on POCUS ... What's the diagnosis ... calculus. ... #Pyonephrosis #calculus ... #renal #ultrasound
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... Urinary calculi ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Acute #Kidney
Ultrasound

Preferred procedure in pregnant women and in patients allergic to IV contrast.
Not dependent on the composition
Ultrasound Preferred ... Kidney Stone ... US: Lower pole calculus ... IVContrastAllergies #Diagnosis ... #calculus
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... thromboembolism, renal ... OBSTRUCTIVE • Urinary calculi
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
tubule of the kidney ... Most cases diagnosed ... • recurrent fractures ... : - Renal failure ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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known as: Lung stones ... pneumoliths, bronchial calculi ... Broncholithiasis - Infectious Causes ... Noninfectious Causes ... sites (such as the kidneys
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
-> Pathologic fractures ... Renal • Incr ... Nephrolithiasis (Kidney ... Stones) Cardiac ... pathophysiology #diagnosis