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The “bouquet of flowers” appearance in medullary sponge kidney

Dario GiambellucaGiovanni CaruanaGiuseppe Lo ReEliana GiambellucaDario Picone

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medicine.medical_specialtyPathologyMedullary Sponge KidneyRadiological and Ultrasound Technologybusiness.industryUrology030232 urology & nephrologyGastroenterologyUrography030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyHepatologyKidneyMedullary sponge kidneymedicine.diseaseDiagnosis Differential03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinemedicineHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingTomography X-Ray Computedbusiness

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The “bouquet of flowers” appearance is a radiological finding described for the intravenous pyelography (IVP) diagnosis of medullary sponge kidney (MSK). It refers to contrast pooling in dilated tubular structures in renal papillae, giving a striated pattern to the renal medulla, which resembles a “bouquet of flowers”

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-017-1420-0