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Figure 7

From: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis mortality according to clinical and point of care ultrasound features in Mozambique

Figure 7

Renal TB: hydrops pattern characterized by nephromegaly with single or multiple hypo(anechoic) rounded lesions and some calcification; hydronephrosis marked by the presence of irregular caliectasis and dilated renal pelvis, caused by varying degrees of fibrosis and obstruction affecting different sites of the urinary tract (e.g., thickening of the ureter wall) (A, B); and mixed pattern characterized by pathological changes in the kidney such as: similar POCUS findings of chronic kidney failure, hydrops, caseous cavity, fibrosis, pyonephrosis, calcification, inflammation, and atrophy (C, D).

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