THE ROLE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF RENAL AND PERIRENAL ABSCESSES

MENDEZ, GASTON JR.
ISIKOFF, MICHAEL B.
MORILLO, GASTON

From, the Department of Radiology, University of Miami Medical Center, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida

Accepted for publication January 12, 1979.

Supported in part by BSR Grant H-8413R.

^*Requests for reprints: Department of Radiology (R130), University of Miami School of Medicine, P. O. Box 016960, Miami, Florida 33101.

Journal of Urology 122(5):p 582-586, November 1979. | DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)56514-3

Computed tomography was done on 4 patients suspected of having an intrarenal or perirenal abscess based on clinical grounds and an abnormal excretory urogram. Intrarenal abscesses with perinephric extension were demonstrated in 3 patients and a solitary perinephric abscess was demonstrated in 1. Computed tomography is a valuable tool in the diagnostic study of suspected intrarenal and perirenal abscesses because not only can the primary abscess be shown but also its possible extrarenal extension.