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Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 2, No. 3, 141-144 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/875647938600200304

The Role of Sonography and CT in Urosepsis

R. Brooke Jeffrey, Jr., M.D.

Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Radiology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110.

Fred S. Vernacchia, M.D.

Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California.

Both computerized tomography (CT) and sonography are important imaging techniques in patients with major renal infections. Sonography should be performed as the initial screening examination to exclude pyonephrosis or a large renal or perirenal abscess. In patients who continue to have persistent sepsis without adequate explanation by sonography, CT should be performed to characterize the nature of the renal inflammatory process.

Key Words: kidney • renal infection • pyonephrosis • renal abscess • computerized tomography


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