Lithium-Induced Nephropathy
Background: A 59-year-old man was referred for CT scan of the abdomen after repair of an eventrated appendectomy wound. The man had a known history of bipolar affective disorder, for which he had been on lithium therapy for many years. As an incidental finding, CT scan showed numerous small hypodens...
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doaj-8380cf5234704dfe88241137fe07521c2020-11-25T01:58:31ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812015-06-0198311311410.5334/jbr-btr.790789Lithium-Induced NephropathyD. Desbuquoit0A. Snoeckx1B. Corthouts2P. M. Parizel3Department of Radiology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Edegem.Department of Radiology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Edegem.Department of Radiology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Edegem.Department of Radiology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Edegem.Background: A 59-year-old man was referred for CT scan of the abdomen after repair of an eventrated appendectomy wound. The man had a known history of bipolar affective disorder, for which he had been on lithium therapy for many years. As an incidental finding, CT scan showed numerous small hypodense renal lesions. Subsequently a MRI examination was performed to further characterize these renal abnormalities.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/790Drugstoxicity |
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Lithium-Induced Nephropathy |
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Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology |
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Background: A 59-year-old man was referred for CT scan of the abdomen after repair of an eventrated appendectomy wound. The man had a known history of bipolar affective disorder, for which he had been on lithium therapy for many years. As an incidental finding, CT scan showed numerous small hypodense renal lesions. Subsequently a MRI examination was performed to further characterize these renal abnormalities. |
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