WlwG KUB Flashcards
Bosniak 1 meaning and mx
Simple: <20Hu, non-enhancing, no septations/calcs, no F/U
Bosniak 2 meaning and mx
Complicated: Bosniak 2 (<20 Hu or >70 Hu cyst pre-contrast, <3mm enhancing septations/calcs, any non-enhancing septations), no F/U
Bosniak 2F meaning and mx
(4+ enhancing septations, or 3+mm thick enhancing septations, or 3+cm non-enhancing/enhancing cyst), 6 monthly then yearly f/u
Bosniak 3 meaning and mx
(multi-loculated/complex septations/heavy calcifications), for surgery
Bosniak 4 meaning and mx
(enhancing >15Hu, ie RCC), for surgery
Kidney Cyst: Bilateral enlarged kidneys in adult
AD PCKD (ADult)
Kidney Cyst: Bilateral enlarged kidneys in child
AR PCKD
Kidney Cyst: Bilateral small kidneys
Medullary Cystic Disease/MCD (“Mcdonalds gives small kidneys”)
Kidney + pancreas + adrenal cysts
Von Hippel Lindau (“HiPPEL” = Haemangioma, Pheo, Pancreatic cysts, Eye haemangioblastoma, Liver cyst”)
Kidney + adrenal + skin (solids)
NF1
Bilateral AML with hamartoma
Tuberous Sclerosis (“TUBAH = Tubers, AML, Hamartomas”)
Bilateral hypoechoic hypodense solid in kidneys
Lymphoma
Bilateral renal cysts with ESRF
Uremic Cystic Disease
Single fatty/vascular in kidney
AML
Single scar in kidney
Oncocytoma
Single solid in kidney cortex with calcs
Clear cell RCC
(“Clear calcs, compare papillary pre renal”)
Single solid in kidney cortex, prev renal transplant
Papillary RCC
(“Papillary pre renal”)
Single solid in renal pelvis/ureter
TCC
Calcium layering in calyx
Milk of calcium cyst/Calyceal diverticulum
Alternating hyper and hypo-attenuation
Acute pyelonephritis
Small scarred kidneys with cortical thinning
Chronic pyelonephritis
Gas in kidney in DM patients
Emphysematous pyelonephritis
Gas in collecting system in DM patients
Emphysematous pyelitis
Large staghorn calculus with ‘bear paw’ appearance
XantuloGranulomatous Pyelonephritis
Multiple abscesses with hydronephrosis in kidney
Candidiasis
(“Kidney candy”)
Hyper-pigmented skin lesions with multi-system failure weeks/months after scan
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
Non radio-opaque stones, cause and management
Uric acid, treat with potassium citrate
Radio-opaque stones, cause and management
Calcium>struvite, <2.5cm ESWL, >2.5cm percutaneous removal
Kidney US echogenic focus with acoustic shadow
Renal stones
Kidney US comet tail artefact
Adenomyomatosis
Causes of peripheral vs central calcifications in kidney (nephrocalcinosis)
Peripheral: Glomerulonephritis, infn, pregnancy
Central: Hyper-calcaemia, renal tubular acidosis, drugs