Association between the imaging characteristics of renal abscess and vesicoureteral reflux.

J Infect Chemother

Department of Radiology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, 1-2 Shintoshin Chuo-ku Saitama, Saitama, 330-8777, Japan. Electronic address:

Published: October 2023

Introduction: Renal abscesses are rare in pediatric populations. We aimed to highlight the differences in the computed tomography (CT) imaging characteristics of renal abscesses in patients with and without vesicoureteral reflux (VUR).

Materials And Methods: Thirteen children with renal abscesses were included and categorized into those with and without VUR. Blood and urine culture results were recorded as positive or negative. Imaging characteristics were recorded: with/without subcapsular fluid collection, with/without upper/lower pole involvement, and with single/multiple lesions in kidneys. Fisher's exact test was used for intergroup comparisons of the rate of positive pathogens and imaging characteristics.

Results: Nine patients had VUR (45.9%). Blood and urine culture were positive in two (15.4%) and seven cases (53.8%), respectively. There was no significant difference in the rate of pathogen-positive blood and urine cultures (blood culture positive/negative status with VUR vs. that without VUR = 2/7 vs. 0/4, p > 0.999, urine culture positive/negative status with VUR vs. that without VUR = 4/5 vs. 3/1, p = 0.559). The two groups differed significantly regarding subcapsular fluid collection presence (with/without subcapsular fluid collection with VUR vs. that without VUR = 9/0 vs 1/3, p = 0.014). There was no significant difference in upper/lower pole involvement (with/without involving upper/lower pole with VUR vs. that without VUR = 8/1 vs 2/2, p = 0.203). Patients with VUR were non-significantly more likely to have multiple lesions compared to those without VUR.

Conclusions: VUR was associated with subcapsular fluid collection and possibly with multiple lesions, indicating the need for prompt detection of and specific treatment for VUR in cases with these findings.

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