Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The striated nephrogram in acute pyelonephritis

  • Case Reports
  • Published:
Urologic radiology

Abstract

A patient with acute pyelonephritis demonstrating a striated nephrogram pattern on intravenous urography is described. The possible pathophysiology of this radiographic finding in acute pyelonephritis, and other clinical entities in which it may be found, is discussed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Korobkin M: The nephrogram of hemorrhagic hypotension.AJR 114:673–683, 1972

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Berdon WE, Schwartz RH, Becker J, Baker DH: Tamm-Horsfall proteinuria.Radiology 92:714–722, 1969

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Coel MN, Talner LB: Obstructive nephrogram due to renal vein thrombosis.Radiology 101:573–574, 1971

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Rubin BE, Schliftman R: The striated nephrogram in renal contusion.Urol Radiol 1:119–121, 1979

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Bigongiari LR, Davis RM, Novak WG, Wicks JD, Kass E, Thornbury JR: Visualization of medullary rays on excretory urography in experimental ureteric obstruction.AJR 129:89–93, 1977

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Davidson AJ:Radiologic Diagnosis of Renal Parenchymal Disease. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co, 1977

    Google Scholar 

  7. Silver TM, Kass EJ, Thornbury JR, Konnak JW, Wolfman MG: The radiological spectrum in acute pyelonephritis in adults and adolescents.Radiology 118:65–71, 1976

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Gade R, Gade MF: Microradiography of the collecting ducts in the perfusion fixed rabbit kidney: suggestions for the anatomic basis for the radiographic appearance of cortical striations and intrarenal reflux.Invest Radiol 13:318–324, 1978

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Bigongiari LR, Patel SK, Appelman H, Thornbury JR: Medullary rays: visualization during excretory urography.AJR 125:795–803, 1975

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Wicks JD, Bigongiari LR, Foley WD, Walter J: Parenchymal striations in renal vein thrombosis: arteriographic demonstration.AJR 129:95–98, 1977

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Hoffman EP, Mindelzum RE, Anderson RU: Computed tomography in acute pyelonephritis associated with diabetes.Radiology 135:691–695, 1980

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. Leonard Berliner

    Present address: Department of Radiology, The Staten Island Hospital, 475 Seaview Avenue, 10305, Staten Island, NY, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, 560 First Avenue, 10016, New York, NY, USA

    Leonard Berliner & Morton A. Bosniak

Authors
  1. Leonard Berliner
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Morton A. Bosniak
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Berliner, L., Bosniak, M.A. The striated nephrogram in acute pyelonephritis. Urol Radiol 4, 41–44 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924024

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924024

Key words

Search

Navigation