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Query: UMLS:C0155339 (
Brown
)
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The term ''putty kidney'' was first used in 1906 by Dr. F. Tilden
Brown
, a genitourinary surgeon, to describe a well-defined density seen in kidney region on standard radiograph which is caused by a ''putty-like'' substance that had formed a cast inside a tuberculous kidney. The putty kidney is a classic imaging sign, rarely seen nowadays which represents a nonfunctioning autonephrectomized kidney seen in end stage renal tuberculosis.
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Here, we describe a 45-year-old female with left
flank pain
who on imaging had a classic putty kidney which led to an evaluation and later confirmation of a diagnosis of renal tuberculosis.
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PMID:Remember the "Putty Kidney"-A Reminder of Days Gone by. 3232 35
