DIFFUSE FATTY INFILTRATION OF THE RENAL PARENCHYMA SECONDARY TO BILATERAL ANGIOMYOLIPOMAS - FEATURES ON ULTRASOUND AND COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY

Authors
JACKSON DMA COLLINS CD COSGROVE DO
Citation
Dma. Jackson et al., DIFFUSE FATTY INFILTRATION OF THE RENAL PARENCHYMA SECONDARY TO BILATERAL ANGIOMYOLIPOMAS - FEATURES ON ULTRASOUND AND COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, British journal of radiology, 68(807), 1995, pp. 318-320
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
British journal of radiology
ISSN journal
00071285 → ACNP
Volume
68
Issue
807
Year of publication
1995
Pages
318 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
A case is described where ultrasound demonstrated diffusely increased echogenicity in massively enlarged kidneys. Computed tomography confir med fatty replacement of the renal parenchyma, allowing a confident di agnosis of multiple bilateral angiomyolipomas in a clinical setting of tuberous sclerosis. This is the first ultrasound demonstration of suc h diffusely echogenic kidneys in angiomyolipoma.