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Sonogram of the left kidney of an emphysematous pyelonephritis patient at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria, November 2019. Figure shows renomegaly, reduced renal parenchyma echogenicity and multiple irregular mixed echoes with dirty shadowing (blue arrow).
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The right kidney was normal in outline, position and size (72 mm in bipolar length) and other organs were normal in appearance (Figure 1).
Contrast enhanced computed tomogram of an emphysematous pyelonephritis patient at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria, November 2019. Figure shows left renomegaly, contrast enhancement and multiple air densities within the calyceal system (orange arrow).
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The right kidney was normal in position, outline and size (bipolar diameter 63.8 mm and transverse diameter 40.8 mm), no mass lesions or calculus were seen, and other organs were normal (Figure 2 and Figure 3).
Non-contrast-enhanced computed tomogram of an emphysematous pyelonephritis patient at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria, November 2019. Figure shows left renomegaly with multiple air density area within the parenchyma and subcapsular region (orange arrows).
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The right kidney was normal in position, outline and size (bipolar diameter 63.8 mm and transverse diameter 40.8 mm), no mass lesions or calculus were seen, and other organs were normal (Figure 2 and Figure 3).