Pyelonephritis

"medpix case - acute pyelonephritis", by Original Source: Shephard S. Kosut; Author: Shephard S. Kosut (Walter Reed Army Medical Center); Approved By: William D Craig (Uniformed Services University);. Axial CT images reveal an asymmetrically enlarged right kidney with a striated nephrogram (patchy and linear areas of decreased enhancement) with stranding of the surrounding perinephric fat....

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