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Magnetic resonance imaging in acute pyelonephritis

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The diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis in children remains a clinical challenge. We assessed the feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detection of pyelonephritis in four pediatric patients and compared the results with renal cortical scintigraphy. MRI revealed areas of high signal intensity in the kidney that coincided with photon-deficient regions in the radionuclide scans in two children with acute pyelonephritis. These findings confirm work in experimental animals and indicate that MRI can accurately detect acute pyelonephritis in children.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Schneider Children’s Hospital, New York, USA, , , , , , US

    Mehdi Poustchi-Amin, John C. Leonidas & Alvand Hassankhani

  2. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Schneider Children’s Hospital, New York, USA, , , , , , US

    Christopher Palestro

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology of the Schneider Children’s Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the Long Island Campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, USA, , , , , , IS

    Bernard Gauthier & Howard Trachtman

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  1. Mehdi Poustchi-Amin
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Received December 29, 1997; accepted February 18, 1998

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Poustchi-Amin, M., Leonidas, J., Palestro, C. et al. Magnetic resonance imaging in acute pyelonephritis. Pediatr Nephrol 12, 579–580 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670050509

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