A patient presented with abdominal pain and sterile pyuria, and the x-ray showed characteristic features. What is the likely diagnosis?

Options

  1. Putty kidney
  2. Nephrocalcinosis
  3. Staghorn calculus
  4. Psoas calcification

Correct Answer

Putty kidney

Explanation

Putty kidney is a complication of renal tuberculosis characterized by extensive caseous material filling the entire pelvicalyceal system. It appears as a non-functioning, calcified kidney on imaging. The combination of sterile pyuria (pus cells in urine without bacterial growth on routine culture) and characteristic X-ray findings strongly suggests renal tuberculosis with putty kidney formation. Sterile pyuria is a classic finding in genitourinary tuberculosis.


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