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Bilateral Renal Lymphangiectasia: Radiological Findings by Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Renal lymphangiectasia is a rare benign condition of the kidney without specific clinical presentations. Classic imaging findings are described in literature. Here, we present a case of renal lymphangiectasia with history of bilateral flank pain and abnormal renal function tests. The radiological ap...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25806141 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.150449 |
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author | Elbanna, Khaled Youssef Almutairi, Badr M. Zidan, Ahmed Touni |
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description | Renal lymphangiectasia is a rare benign condition of the kidney without specific clinical presentations. Classic imaging findings are described in literature. Here, we present a case of renal lymphangiectasia with history of bilateral flank pain and abnormal renal function tests. The radiological appearance on ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) showed features of bilateral renal lymphangiectasia but the patient refused invasive procedure for aspiration of the cysts. So, follow-up of the patient was done by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Imaging findings of our case on US, CT, and MRI are discussed along with details of the additional finding of dilated retroperitoneal lymphatic channels, cisterna chyli, as well as the thoracic duct. |
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spelling | pubmed-43223752015-03-24 Bilateral Renal Lymphangiectasia: Radiological Findings by Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Elbanna, Khaled Youssef Almutairi, Badr M. Zidan, Ahmed Touni J Clin Imaging Sci Case Report Renal lymphangiectasia is a rare benign condition of the kidney without specific clinical presentations. Classic imaging findings are described in literature. Here, we present a case of renal lymphangiectasia with history of bilateral flank pain and abnormal renal function tests. The radiological appearance on ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) showed features of bilateral renal lymphangiectasia but the patient refused invasive procedure for aspiration of the cysts. So, follow-up of the patient was done by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Imaging findings of our case on US, CT, and MRI are discussed along with details of the additional finding of dilated retroperitoneal lymphatic channels, cisterna chyli, as well as the thoracic duct. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4322375/ /pubmed/25806141 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.150449 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Elbanna KY. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Elbanna, Khaled Youssef Almutairi, Badr M. Zidan, Ahmed Touni Bilateral Renal Lymphangiectasia: Radiological Findings by Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title | Bilateral Renal Lymphangiectasia: Radiological Findings by Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title_full | Bilateral Renal Lymphangiectasia: Radiological Findings by Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title_fullStr | Bilateral Renal Lymphangiectasia: Radiological Findings by Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title_full_unstemmed | Bilateral Renal Lymphangiectasia: Radiological Findings by Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title_short | Bilateral Renal Lymphangiectasia: Radiological Findings by Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
title_sort | bilateral renal lymphangiectasia: radiological findings by ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25806141 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.150449 |
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