Female teenager with acute onset of right lower quadrant pain and nausea and vomiting

CT of ovarian cystadenoma
Coronal (above left), sagittal (above right) and axial (below) CT with contrast of the abdomen show a large, well circumscribed, homogenous, non-enhancing, fluid density mass that fills the width of the lower abdomen and pelvis and lies superior and separate from the bladder and uterus. Neither ovary was clearly identified.

The diagnosis was ovarian cystadenoma.

Teenager with syncope and vaginal bleeding who has a positive betaHCG test and who denies sexual activity

CT of ruptured ectopic pregnancy
Sagittal CT with contrast of the abdomen (above left) shows in the pelvis from anterior to posterior – a fluid filled bladder, an enhancing uterus, and a solid appearing homogenous mass compressing the rectum behind it. Coronal CT (above right) shows a large amount of free fluid in the pelvis tracking up around the liver. Axial CT (below) again shows the mass anterior to the rectum. The mass was felt to be arising from the left adnexa.

The diagnosis was ruptured ectopic pregnancy.

Preschooler with left upper quadrant pain

CT of clear cell sarcoma of the kidney
Axial CT with contrast of the abdomen (above) shows a round, heterogenously enhancing, well-defined lesion arising from the medulla of the left kidney that demonstrates a claw sign. There is also a round focus of high density in the center of the mass anteriorly. Coronal CT (below) shows fluid in the left perirenal and pararenal spaces.

The diagnosis was clear cell sarcoma of the kidney with active hemorrhage into the tumor.

Newborn female with a multicystic dysplastic kidney being investigated for vesicoureteral reflux

VCUG showing a vaginogram
Scout image from a voiding cystourethogram exam (above) shows a urinary catheter looped within the pelvis. AP image (below left) obtained after the introduction of contrast through the catheter shows filling of a structure that does not conform to the expected contour of the bladder and whose inferior aspect lies very low in the pelvis. Lateral image (below right) shows a filling defect on the superior aspect of the structure which represents the cervix projecting into a contrast-filled vagina.

The diagnosis was inadvertent performance of a vaginogram in a patient with possible vesicoureteral reflux.

School ager with fever and abdominal pain

CT of acute pyelonephritis and chronic pyelonephritis in the same kidney
Axial CT with contrast of the abdomen (above) shows the left kidney to have a striated nephrogram appearance with multiple wedge-shaped areas of low density in the left kidney. Coronal CT (below) shows the low density areas are in the upper pole of the left kidney. The lower pole of the left kidney is shrunken and scarred.

The diagnosis was acute pyelonephritis in the upper pole of the left kidney and evidence of chronic pyelonephritis in the lower pole of the left kidney.

School ager with left flank pain who underwent a Deflux injection at the left ureterovesical junction 3 days ago and now has decreased urine output

US of acute ureteral obstruction after Deflux injection
Sagittal US of the right kidney (above left) was normal. Sagittal US of the left kidney (above right) showed new moderate hydronephrosis. Transverse US of the bladder (below left) showed a normal right ureteral jet. Transverse US of the bladder (below right) shows an oval echogenic structure near the left ureterovesical junction at the base of the bladder and a left ureteral jet which is markedly less than its counterpart on the right.

The diagnosis was left acute ureteral obstruction after Deflux injection for left vesicoureteral reflux.

Infant with a urinary tract infection

US and VCUG of ectopic ureterocele
Sagittal US of the right kidney (above left) was unremarkable. Sagittal US of the left kidney (above right) shows a duplicated kidney with hydronephrosis of the upper pole. Sagittal US of the bladder (below left) shows a round thick walled lesion at the base of the bladder. AP image from a voiding cystourethrogram exam (below right) shows a round filling defect on the left side of the bladder.

The diagnosis was left duplicated kidney with a left ectopic ureterocele causing hydronephrosis of the upper pole.

Teenager with left flank pain

CT of renal stone at ureteropelvic junction
Axial CT without contrast of the abdomen (above left) shows a hydronephrotic left kidney with a small amount of perinephric fat stranding. There is a high density calcification associated with the inferior aspect of the left kidney (below left) that on the sagittal image (right) is seen to be at the left of the ureteropelvic junction.

The diagnosis was a renal stone at the left ureteropelvic junction.

Newborn with an abdominal cyst on prenatal US

US of neonatal ovarian cyst and a uterus under maternal stimulation of estrogen
Transverse US of the pelvis shows the fluid-filled bladder on the anterior right side of the image with a uterus with a thickened myometrium and prominent central endometrial stripe located just posterior to it. A large anechoic structure without septations is seen in the left side of the image and was felt to be associated with the right ovary.

The diagnosis was a right neonatal ovarian cyst and a uterus under maternal stimulation of estrogen.

Infant with an abdominal mass

CT of Wilms tumor
Axial CT without intravenous contrast but with oral contrast of the abdomen (above) shows a large right sided abdominal mass that is calcified. Axial CT with intravenous and oral contrast of the abdomen (below) shows the mass is heterogenous in appearance, does not cross the midline, and the normally enhancing right kidney is demonstrating a claw sign along its posterior aspect.

The diagnosis was Wilms tumor of the right kidney.