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Ultrasonography of acute flank pain: a focus on renal stones and acute pyelonephritis

Ultrasonography is a useful tool for the differential diagnosis of acute flank pain. Renal stones appear as a focal area of echogenicity with acoustic shadowing on ultrasonography. In acute pyelonephritis (APN), the kidneys may be enlarged and have a hypoechoic parenchyma with loss of the normal cor...

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Autor principal: Sim, Ki Choon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6177687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29382187
http://dx.doi.org/10.14366/usg.17051