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British Journal of Radiology (2006) 79, e19-e21
© 2006 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/17821080
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Isolated renal mucormycosis: an unusual cause of acute renal infarction in a boy with aplastic anaemia

R Sharma, MD 1 G Shivanand, MD 1 R Kumar, MD 2 S Prem, MD 2 H Kandpal, MD 1 C J Das, MD 1 and M C Sharma, MD 3

1 Department of Radiodiagnosis, 2 Department of Hematology, 3 Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi –110029, India


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  		Figure 1. Ultrasound with colour Doppler image shows(a) enlarged hypoechoic right kidney with no intrarenal vascularity (b) patent inferior venacava and no flow in renal vein.

 

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  		Figure 2. Axial contrast enhanced CT scan shows absent perfusion of right kidney with perinephric collection.

 

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  		Figure 3. Photomicrographs showing coagulative necrosis(infarct) of kidney parenchyma (A x100) with invasion of blood vessels by non-septate fungal hyphae of mucormycosis (B, PAS x200).

 




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