MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING OF THE KIDNEY IN HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME - ITS HISTOPATHOLOGIC CORRELATION

We present 2 cases of magnetic resonance imaging in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and their histopathologic findings. The low signal intensities along the renal outer medulla in T2-weighted images are p ersistent ex vivo as well as in vivo, and these are the radiologic cou nterpart of medullary congestion and hemorrhage. We will discuss the s ignificance of the imaging in the fields of the medical renal disease such as acute renal failure and review the mechanisms of acute renal f ailure in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.