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01-06-2018 | Classics in Abdominal Imaging
Classics in abdominal imaging: the putty kidney
Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 6/2018
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The term “putty kidney” was first used in 1906 by Dr. F. Tilden Brown, a genitourinary surgeon, to describe a well-defined density seen in the region of the kidney on a standard radiograph, and thought to represent a renal calculus. Surgical extraction of this kidney revealed that the density was caused by a “putty-like” substance that had formed a cast inside a tuberculous kidney [1] (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1
A putty substance is a dough-like material often used in construction that is easily molded and changes shape. To demonstrate the malleability of substances, all-purpose bonding putty was molded by the authors to resemble the “putty-like” casts formed in the tuberculous kidney
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