Rim sign (chronic hydronephrosis)
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Rim sign in chronic(chronic hydronephrosis)
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The rim sign can be seen in association with chronic hydronephrosis.
In patients with chronic hydronephrosis, in all forms of contrast-enhanced imaging of the obstructed kidney, enhancement may occur in the residual, but markedly atrophic, renal parenchyma, surrounding the dilated calyces and renal pelvis 1,2.
The inner margin of this hydronephrotic rim is concave toward the renal hilum, and enhancement of the cortical columns between the dilated collecting system elements may be seen. The unopacified urine within the dilated system may act as a negative pyelogram.
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Other rim signs in radiology:
- cortical rim sign - useful in distinguishing lobar nephronia from a segmental renal infarct
- soft tissue rim sign - used to distinguish a ureteric calculus from a phlebolith
- bright rim sign - described in DNETs
- rim sign (of AVN)
-<a href="/articles/bright-rim-sign-in-dysembryoplastic-neuroepithelial-tumours">bright rim sign</a> - described in <a href="/cases/dysembryoplastic-neuroepithelial-tumour-dnet-6">DNETs</a>- +<a href="/articles/bright-rim-sign-dnet-1">bright rim sign</a> - described in <a href="/cases/dysembryoplastic-neuroepithelial-tumour-dnet-6">DNETs</a>
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