Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis - A Rare Sonographic Finding On Urinary Tract Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department
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Authors: Aaron Frolichstein, Atrium Health Chloe Doris, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Vivek Tayal, CMC Main -Atrium Health Department of EM/ Division of Emergency Medicine
Urinary Tract POC Ultrasound is often the first line imaging for patients with flank pain. Physicians and other medical providers should consider xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis, a unique aggressive form of chronic pyelonephritis which has unique ultrasound findings. Our US images and corresponding CT images with clinical course provide a rapid educational focus on a challenging urinary tract entity.