ReviewEmergency radiology2020
CT imaging of acute and chronic pyelonephritis: a practical guide for emergency radiologists.
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- Added value of restricted diffusion in acute pyelonephritis: Two cases with different clinical presentations.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Glomerulonephritis through the lens of ultrasound and radiology.World journal of nephrology · 2026Review
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- Etiopathogenesis and Antibacterial Therapy Approach in Patients with Acute Obstructive Pyelonephritis-A Retrospective Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Clinically unsuspected pyelonephritis in children younger than 7 years.Emergency radiology · 2025Article
- Imaging of renal pseudotumors in children: a comprehensive review.Pediatric radiology · 2025Review
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- Clinicopathologic Features of IgG4-Related Kidney Disease.Kidney international reports · 2024Article
- Development of a Predictive Nomogram for Sepsis in Patients with Urolithiasis-Related Obstructive Pyelonephritis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Imaging features of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related nephritis with clinical correlation: a retrospective series of biopsy-proven cases.European radiology · 2023Article
- Sporadic unilateral papillary renal cell carcinoma masquerading pyelonephritis: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2023Article
- Role of Ultrasound in the Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Pelvic Pain in Pregnancy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Contrast-enhanced CT is not routinely indicated in uncomplicated urinary infections, but it may be necessary in patients with specific risk factors (i.e., diabetes, immunocompromised patients, history of stones, or prior renal surgery) or in patients not responding to antibiotics and in detecting complications of pyelonephritis. CT is the gold standard for imaging assessment of pyelonephritis severity. Imaging appearance of acute pyelonephritis, including focal (i.e., wedge-shaped zones of decreased attenuation or hypodense mass) and diffuse (i.e., global enlargement, poor parenchymal enhancement, lack of excretion of contrast, fat stranding) forms, needs to be differentiated from renal infarction, renal lymphoma, and interstitial nephritis. Chronic pyelonephritis-which appears as focal polar scars with underlying calyceal distortion, global atrophy, and hypertrophy of residual tissue-may mimic at imaging lobar infarcts. This pictorial essay reviews the CT imaging appearance of acute and chronic pyelonephritis, their uncommon subtypes, and their complications, with key features for early diagnosis. Their knowledge is crucial for emergency and abdominal radiologists to avoid misdiagnosis with malignancy and to guide the clinician towards the appropriate medical or surgical treatment.
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