Abstract
Renal involvement by tuberculosis leads to fibrosis and multi focal stricturing of calyces with formation of hydrocalyces. The obstructed calyceal system accumulates caseous pus within it which eventually calcifies. This obstructed and calcified kidney is non-functional and is referred to ‘putty kidney’ and this cascade of fibrosis, stricture formation, calcification with complete loss of function is called as autonephrectomy (1,2).
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Arshed Hussain Parry, Irfan Robbani, Tariq A Gojwari Department of Radio diagnosis, SKIMS
Putty kidney Renal involvement by tuberculosis leads to fibrosis and multi focal stricturing of calyces with formation of hydrocalyces
The obstructed calyceal system accumulates caseous pus within it which eventually calcifies. This obstructed and calcified kidney is non-functional and is referred to 'putty kidney' and this cascade of fibrosis, stricture formation, calcification with complete loss of function is called as autonephrectomy[1, 2]
Summary
Arshed Hussain Parry, Irfan Robbani, Tariq A Gojwari Department of Radio diagnosis, SKIMS
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