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Table 3 Radiological characteristics for AFBN

From: Acute focal bacterial nephritis is associated with invasive diagnostic procedures - a cohort of 138 cases extracted through a systematic review

General characteristics

Specific features

CT

MRI

Sonography

Wedged-shaped or round

Hypodense in native scan

Hypointense in T2w

Hypo-, hyper- or isoechogenic

Uni- or multifocal

Decreased contrast enhancement

Isointense in T1w

Hypoperfused in Doppler

Non-liquefactive

 

Decreased contrast enhancement in T1w

 

Poor enhancing

 

Diffusion restriction

 

No capsule

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