2551 Picture 1A. Picture 1B. Picture 2A. Picture 2B. □ PICTURES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE □ Persistent Nephrogram on Abdominal Radiography and Computed Tomography Michitaka Maekawa, Takahiro Imaizumi and Taishi Yamakawa Key words: acute kidney injury (AKI), contrast-induced nephropathy, persistent nephrogram (Intern Med 53: 2551-2552, 2014) (DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.3008) A 51-year-old Japanese man presenting with acute abdo- men was admitted to our hospital. Contrast-enhanced com- puted tomography (CT) led to a diagnosis of gastroenteritis on admission (Picture 1A). Contrast-induced oliguric acute kidney injury followed by septic shock developed, and the serum creatinine level rose from 0.98 mg/dL to 5.07 mg/dL, requiring temporary hemodialysis. Kidney-shaped enhance- ment was observed on an abdominal X-ray after 24 hours of Department of Nephrology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Japan Received for publication April 3, 2014; Accepted for publication April 22, 2014 Correspondence to Dr. Michitaka Maekawa, [email protected]
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□ PICTURES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE □
Persistent Nephrogram on Abdominal Radiography andComputed Tomography
Michitaka Maekawa, Takahiro Imaizumi and Taishi Yamakawa