Remember the "putty kidney" - a reminder of days gone by

A 45-year-old female who underwent evaluation for abdominal discomfort and dysuria was found to have multiple left “renal calculus” on ultrasound examination and referred to us. Her current blood biochemical workup were normal and urine microscopy revealed sterile pyuria. A plain radiography revealed an extensive lobular calcifications in the left renal bed suggestive of a classical putty kidney sign of end stage renal tuberculosis (Figure 1). Contract enhanced computed tomography showed non excreting,densely calcified left kidney (figure 2A,B).

Source: Urology - April 19, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ashwin Shekar P, Anuj Dumra, Hardik Patel Tags: Images in Clinical Urology Source Type: research