Subcapsular Kidney Abscess Ct. An abscess appears as a well defined mass of low attenuation with a thick irregular wall or pseudo capsule which can be better visualized on contrast enhanced scans. Blood pressure returned to normal after operation.
Neonate renal subcapsular abscess. 47 year old woman with hepatic fascioliasis enhanced helical ct scan shows peripheral hepatic abscess arrow deforming outline of liver subcapsular abscess asterisk adjacent to hepatic lesion is present and thickened and enhanced capsule arrowheads may be seen above subcapsular collection. Etiologies included traumatic hematoma in 10 tumor related hematoma in 18 ruptured liver abscess in 20 biloma in 8 and 4 miscellaneous causes.
In all cases only the left kidney was involved at initial presentation.
Gas within a low attenuation cystic mass strongly suggests abscess formation. Age range 4 92 years were diagnosed by ct to have a subcapsular fluid accumulation in liver. Renal subcapsular abscess was diagnosed with sonography and ct scan. Different clinical context unless rarely when superinfection of a perirenal hematoma leads.