Importance of the hounsfield unit value measured by computed tomography in the differentiation of hydronephrosis and pyonephrosis

Background Acute or chronic obstruction of the urinary tract can be due to a lot of different causes. Patients with pyonephrosis usually complain of a triad of fever, loin pain and elevated white blood cell count in cases of acute obstruction; and they may also have hypotension in severe cases of th...

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